It declared the readiness of the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on armed groups persistently violating the human rights of children.

In an interview, Mr. Kantor said the negotiators were still trying to resolve the crucial issue of how to bring sanctions against countries when they fail to punish companies that persistently violate environmental and labor standards.

"The constitutional rights of innumerable citizens are being violated persistently and permanently by sectors of the prosecutor's office and the Brazilian press," Mr. Dirceu said.

Those who persistently violate E-ZPass rules are soon going to find bill collectors on their tails.

If a pitcher repeatedly commits illegal actions without runners on base, he may be subject to ejection for persistently violating the rules.

However, the Hebrew University team notes that an attacker only need steal the state bits once in order to persistently violate the security of a CryptGenRandom instance.

It additionally asserts that countries that "persistently violate international norms" must realize "that there is a price to be paid, including in their relationship with the European Union."

This provides for voting rights to be suspended if a state persistently violates the bloc's founding values.

Here Nafta won't help much, because it provides no sanctions against a country that persistently violates its own environmental and labor laws.

There are still countries whose governments persistently violate human rights, yet there are also those where changes are afoot.