They can include wording that allows the TLD applicant/registry to arbitrarily change or even revoke all of its PICs. At any time, once a registry's PIC become a source of bother it has the option to change or even revoke its PICs at whim. Here is an example of one applicant's PIC, (note the text after clause 4.4) which has met no opposition from within ICANN's processes.
Even for PICs that are allowed to remain in force, complaints that they have been breached can only be made by parties that can demonstrate direct harm as a result. (That eliminates governments, consumer groups, whistleblowers, news media or other third parties). Reporting an abrogated PIC requires a lengthy, expensive, adversarial process that appears biased against the complainant, subcontracted by ICANN to a Dispute Resolution Provider with no required grounding in the specifics of the relevant trust, regulatory or other special circumstances related to the string. In current proceedings, subcontracted dispute resolution processes have ruled against the At-Large Community, challenging even its ability to speak as a recognized community during its objections to certain high-trust TLD applications.
In the unlikely event that a PIC is now not arbitrarily changed and a complaint against it succeeds, the remedies offered do not necessarily help the complainant. The TLD operator's contract may be revoked but there is no accommodation for financial redress or an obligation to revoke offending subdomains.

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