contravene

In discarding the Lebanese Constitution the Security Council is contravening its own decision regarding the need to respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity and political independence of Lebanon.
En ignorant la Constitution libanaise, le Conseil de sécurité viole la décision qu'il a lui-même prise concernant la nécessité de respecter la souveraineté, l'intégrité territoriale, l'unité et l'indépendance politique du Liban.
If this agreement is to apply equally to all countries, are we going to suspend relations with the US if we think that it is contravening human rights in Guantanámo Bay?
Si cet accord devait s’appliquer uniformément à tous les pays, devrions-nous suspendre nos relations avec les États-Unis si nous pensons qu’ils violent les droits de l’homme à Guantanamo ?
As we have heard, groups like the Croats who would like nothing better than to rejoin Croatia, and the Republika Srpska which is contravening the Dayton Agreements by concluding new agreements with Serbia.
Certains groupes de Croates y souhaitent effectivement de rejoindre la Croatie ou la République Srpka qui, contrairement aux accords de Dayton, conclut de nouveaux accords avec la Serbie.
There are also reports, however, that the local government is contravening the letter and the spirit of the agreements on voluntary return, for example by offering incentives to internally displaced persons to return or relocate.
Il ressort cependant de certains rapports que les administrations locales violent la lettre et l'esprit des accords sur le libre consentement du retour, en offrant par exemple des primes au retour ou à la réinstallation des personnes déplacées.
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