Betekenis van:
obstruction of justice

obstruction of justice
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • impeding those who seek justice in a court (as by trying to influence or intimidate any juror or witness or officer of the court); can result in a finding of contempt of court

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    1. The accusations are shocking: money laundering, tax evasion and obstruction of justice.
    2. for, but failed to start, the initiation of independent investigation and prosecution of the alleged crimes and those who are considered by the Pourgourides Report to be key actors in the disappearances of four well-known persons in Belarus in 1999/2000 and the following cover-up, in view of their apparent obstruction of justice, as listed in Annex I;
    3. Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into, or transit through, their territories of the persons listed in the Annex, who are responsible for, but failed to start, the initiation of independent investigation and prosecution of the alleged crimes and those who are considered by the Pourgourides Report to be key actors in the disappearances of four well-known persons in Belarus in 1999/2000 and the following cover-up, in view of their apparent obstruction of justice.
    4. The extensive and well-founded Pourgourides Report clearly names the current Prosecutor-General of Belarus, former Secretary of the Security Council, Victor Sheyman, the Minister of Sports and Tourism of Belarus, former Minister of the Interior, Yury Sivakov, and Colonel Dmitri Pavlichenko of a special forces unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus as key actors in the disappearances of four well-known persons in Belarus in 1999/2000 and the subsequent obstruction of justice.
    5. Consequently, the Council, in view of the apparent obstruction of justice, has decided to implement targeted sanctions in the form of restrictions on admission aimed at those individuals who are responsible for, but failed to start, the initiation of independent investigation and prosecution of the alleged crimes and at those who are considered by the Pourgourides Report to be key actors in the disappearances and the subsequent cover-up.
    6. On 24 September 2004, the Council adopted Common Position 2004/661/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus [1] regarding certain officials of Belarus who are responsible for, but failed to start, the initiation of independent investigation and prosecution of the alleged crimes and those who are considered by the Pourgourides Report to be key actors in the disappearances of four well-known persons in Belarus in 1999/2000 and the following cover-up, in view of their apparent obstruction of justice.