It defines the crime in terms of acts by a political or military leader against another state in violation of the United Nations Charter.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

And now a group of charter schools have formed the Green Charter Schools Network.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

But more than a million students attend charter schools.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

The "charter" is a performance contract.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

"The African Union charter says first that the people have the right to defend themselves against the oppression of a dictator,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

Lawmakers in Sierra Leone are preparing to join a seven-nation charter to protect the region's mangrove ecosystem which conservationists now say totals just 800,000 hectares.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

He is also believed to have been involved in a botched attempt to shoot down an Israeli charter jet leaving the Mombasa airport the same day.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

The Europeans also began discussing the broad outlines of future leadership posts for the European Union, once a reforming charter known as the Lisbon Treaty is fully ratified.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

The last hurdle to a key reforming charter, know as the Lisbon Treaty, will disappear when the Czech Republic ratifies the document which observers expect will take place within weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.29

But groups say they are pessimistic about the effectiveness of reforms, that include adoption of a human rights charter and the setting up of a rights commission to oversee issues of abuses in Southeast Asia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

The suspected terrorist was thought to have been involved in a 2002 bombing of an Israeli tourist hotel on the coast of Kenya and a botched attempt at shooting down an Israeli charter jet the same day.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

The 22-member Arab League says it will not implement the international arrest warrant, against Mr.Bashir,while Qatar, which is hosting an Arab summit next week, has repeated a pledge not to arrest him even though it is a signatory to the court charter.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

"The key message that we want to get across this time is for ASEAN to really address, to really engage dialogue with the regime of how they have already been breaching the charter so that as a regional bloc that we really want it on the table as official agenda,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.09