It can examine compliance by its 174 member countries but has no authority to punish violators.

The Government has said it will adhere to international copyright standards and punish violators.

And the best way to do that, he contends, is to punish violators with fines or by "sending them back to school for Portuguese classes."

If the state is not willing to punish violators, they say, then it naturally follows that more companies are willing to take risks.

Special customs services periodically check Khazar latrines and punish violators of this law.

The commission would be left with power to punish violators but few tools for detecting them.

The dog owners policed themselves so others would not be tempted to, punishing violators with withering stares and, if needed, a few choice words.

Washington should demand that Russia and China tighten their export controls and punish violators.

You'll have to be prepared to punish violators.

He skirted the controversy over how to punish past human-rights violators, limiting himself to broad calls for forgiveness.