In early October, thousands protested in the square, demanding a transfer to civilian law, after the military government proposed setting aside one-third of seats in parliament for independent candidates.
In many ways, the scene resembled more of a war-time situation than a domestic crime scene as civilian law enforcement relied heavily on military tactics and equipment to end the six-day ordeal.
Granted, this is not an easy task since not all civilian harm is in breach of the law, and taking the legally required steps to prevent civilian harm can usually only be described on a case-by-case basis.
The Syrian government reported 20 "army, law enforcement and civilian martyrs" buried Thursday.
They include a law to allow civilian prosecutors to try would-be coup plotters.
Even if a racial aspect was among the factors that led Zimmerman to be suspicious of Martin and follow him, the law regarding what a civilian may do when following another person was not necessarily broken.
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All five men are charged with terrorism, hijacking aircraft, conspiracy, murder in violation of the law of war, attacking civilians, attacking civilian objects, intentionally causing serious bodily injury and destruction of property in violation of the law of war.
When the Department of Defense was set up in 1947, the law limited it to fifty civilian staffers for the Secretary of Defense.
This seems a prelude to closing the military commissions down entirely and transferring the detainees' cases to U.S. civilian courts for prosecution under ordinary criminal law.
The agreement would not involve increasing the number of American personnel in the country (capped by law at 800 troops and 600 civilian contractors, although only 250 are currently there).
The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported that 25 members of the army and law enforcement as well as one civilian who had been "targeted by armed terrorist groups while they were in (the) line of duty" were buried Monday.
Under international law, all detainees, military or civilian, must be treated humanely.
The promotion of army men also resurrects a disturbing memory: During nine years of martial law former President Ferdinand Marcos often gave civilian jobs to military chiefs in exchange for loyalty.
Muhammad became the first person ever charged and sentenced under Virginia's new post-September 11, 2001, terrorism law, outlawing attempts to intimidate the civilian population at large, or to influence the conduct or activities of the government of the United States, a state or locality through intimidation.
Our embassy and our mission organizations have been restructured so that we can achieve better unity of effort among our very diverse group of civilian diplomats, development specialists, agricultural experts, and law enforcement agents on the ground.
It should be stipulated that if there is a true case of an actual human rights violation by a soldier, police officer, or civilian, the violator should receive the harshest penalty available under law.
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Mr Hamdan contested his status as "enemy combatant", and his lawyers were seeking to force US authorities to try him in a civilian court, arguing that the military tribunals were illegal under US law.
The CIVCAS Manual moves beyond a strict law of armed conflict mindset, to an approach that integrates civilian casualty mitigation principles across the spectrum of routine and pre-deployment training, doctrine and education.
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In the 1950s, when Mr Taylor had returned to civilian life as a lawyer in private practice and as a lecturer in law at a number of universities, he became alarmed by the activities of Senator Joseph McCarthy.
And as civilian contractors, Blackwater employees are not subject to U.S. military law.
Already there is talk in Dhaka that the army might form its own civilian party or not bother with such niceties and declare outright martial law.
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Alongside this disturbing trend is a rise in civilian deaths, suggesting that some police officers are seeking retaliation by taking the law into their own hands.
As civilian contractors, Blackwater employees are also not subject to U.S. military law.
Her career has been varied, including a stint as a civilian lawyer for the U.S. Army in Germany and running her own law firm.
"We have and will continue to urge the SCAF to relinquish power to civilian elected authorities and to respect the universal rights of the Egyptian people and the rule of law, " he told reporters.
The most explosive issue, since Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999, has been the introduction or extension of the sharia, or Islamic law, in a dozen northern states against the wishes of their Christian minorities.
In short, it would be inconsistent with the spirit if not the letter of the law, at variance with departmental regulations and fiscally irresponsible were the military and its civilian leadership to miss an opportunity to utilize such a joint approach in order to procure common aircraft (or those derived from a common airframe) to perform multiple-service missions.
The two men formed a pact in coalition talks and got commitments to a new draft law that will compel more ultra-Orthodox men to perform national military service or other civilian duties.
During the drawn-out coalition talks, Mr Lapid and Mr Bennett formed a pact and got commitments to a new draft law that will compel more ultra-Orthodox men to perform national military service or other civilian duties.
The 21st-century program represents a net gain in terms of law enforcement technology funding, because COPS combined tech money with funding for police departments to hire civilian officers to bolster their uniformed police corps.
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