But Mr. Smolnik argued that to be impartial, they needed to avoid contact with the families.
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It not only provided a respected and impartial figure to chair talks, but it effectively guaranteed the White House's involvement in helping to find a political settlement in Northern Ireland, between the north and the south and Dublin and London.
If the court succeeds, it will not only try some of those who plan or commit atrocities, but also bear impartial witness to the suffering of victims, as well as establishing a record for posterity even when no one can be apprehended and tried.
Second is a recognition of the limits of the judicial role, an understanding that a judge's job is to interpret, not make law, to approach decisions without any particular ideology or agenda, but rather a commitment to impartial justice, a respect for precedent, and a determination to faithfully apply the law to the facts at hand.
No impartial tribunal existed to decide which side was right.
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But he must also pick candidates who have demonstrated that they understand these questions and possess the force of character to make fair and impartial decisions even in the face of external pressure to rule on other grounds.
In particular, it states that EU citizens are entitled to a "fair and impartial procedure" before any measures can be taken to limit their net access.
You want to know the rules and have an impartial referee, but you also want to make sure somebody isn't going to come along and change the rules in the middle of the game.
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We rely on health and regulatory agencies to provide impartial assessments of potential health risks.
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This is the company built by algorithm, after all, and algorithms can be argued to be impartial.
If you think your business possesses high growth potential, look for impartial, outside advice to validate your thinking.
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The Moderates hit back that the letter was itself unfair electioneering from someone who ought to be impartial.
As a frequent reader of The Economist, I expect a more impartial and prudent approach to corporate reporting.
"The reaction of Budget Director Robert Megna to our impartial review is puzzling, " Deputy Comptroller Robert Ward said in a statement.
We have to have impartial panels of professional police because without that and without the trust of the general public, they cannot function.
The task is to find impartial jurors after the widespread media coverage of the McVeigh trial and its emotional stories of survival and death.
Lord Fowler who is the Chairman of the Communications Committee in the House of Lords also defended the BBC's efforts to be impartial in its news reporting.
In Britain and other countries where news broadcasters are required to be impartial, at least in theory, the convergence of television and the web makes such rules seem outdated.
Mr Yates was asked if he had a "cavalier" attitude towards the distress felt by those investigated after he described it as "uncomfortable" for them, he said he had taken an oath to be impartial and independent and had stuck by that.
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Presumably, he is now trying to draw Mr Kabila's army across the river, ostensibly as an impartial peacekeeping force but in fact to his own rescue.
"I don't think it will be easy to seat an impartial jury, " he said.
This led some to worry that he was too political to be an impartial intelligence chief.
You go to Schwab to get an impartial opinion on whether GM or Ford shares are a better buy.
The fund is supposed to be an impartial arbiter of good economic policy.
Currently, ministers are not directly responsible for hiring or firing those in the top rank, who are expected to remain politically impartial.
One Democratic hopeful, Howard Dean, the ex-governor of Vermont, has attracted the interest of many Arab-Americans by calling on America to be more impartial in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The IEC is a constitutional body consisting of seven Afghan commissioners and charged with "conducting free and fair elections and referendums in an efficient and impartial way, " according to its Web site.
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To remain fair, honest and impartial in the representation of news and opinions, giving all sides an opportunity to be heard and correcting all distortions.
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