We also welcome his intention to appeal with regard to the, frankly, derisory sentences handed down for the Atambua killings.

The outcome of these trials, which was derisory to say the least, demonstrates the total impunity of persons who have committed mass human rights violations.

In the light of the above, it would be tempting to consider the results of 10 years of bilateral and multilateral cooperation as derisory, especially given their cost.

Any derisory remark or insult and any utterance or image that maligns a person shall be deemed a vilification if it does not entail an allegation.

If the number of strictly judicial personnel is divided by the number of inhabitants, the result is a derisory ratio of 0.000027:1.

Victims are encouraged to accept, in return for derisory financial compensation, deals that result in the stifling of civil and criminal proceedings alike.

There is no doubt that the results achieved are derisory compared to the suffering endured by the Somali population since 1991.

It would be interesting to learn whether there were plans to increase the quota system's derisory 5 per cent target; to set it below 40-50 per cent was in itself questionable.

More than 70 such criminals were in prison in Cuba, but in the United States only two or three had been punished and the sanctions against them had been derisory.

Compared with the fines imposed as part of the repression of procuring (between 150,000 and 4.5 million Euros), the fines imposed for prostitution seem somewhat derisory in comparison with the profits generated by sexual exploitation.