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Partial Victory for Zimbabwe President Mugabe in U.S. Litigation Alleging Human Rights Violations
... of property...." [2] Plaintiffs based their claims on the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA), the general ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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Foreign Officials and Sovereign Immunity in U.S. Courts
... Yousuf , a group of Somali citizens brought suit under the Alien Tort Statute and the Torture Victim Protection Act against a former ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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Supreme Court Holds That Alien Tort Statute Does Not Apply to Conduct in Foreign Countries
... has held that claims will generally not be allowed under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) if they concern conduct occurring in the territory of a ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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French Court Proceedings against Muammar Qadhafi
... issued against the Congo's Foreign Minister," Oct. 2000; "Alien Tort Claims Act Proceeding Against Robert Mugabe," Sept. 2000; "Possible ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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Morrison v. Nat’l Australia Bank Ltd.: The Supreme Court Rejects Extraterritoriality
... year whether its approach in Morrison applies to the Alien Tort Statute, which the lower courts have embraced as a means for addressing ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
... Foreign plaintiffs can also sue under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, for any wrong in violation of ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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Accountability of Private Security Contractors under International and Domestic Law
... PSCs may also be held legally accountable for abuses through tort and contract claims brought in domestic courts, including claims based on ... States, plaintiffs could bring claims against PSCs under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), which confers jurisdiction on the federal courts to ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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The Reargument Order in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum and Its Potential Implications for Transnational Human Rights Cases
... whether the question of corporate civil liability under the Alien Tort Statute (âATSâ) is a merits question or a question of subject ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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World Court Orders Belgium to Cancel an Arrest Warrant Issued Against the Congolese Foreign Minister
... violations of the law of nations (e.g., under the U.S. Alien Tort Claims Act). Civil deposition subpoenas issued in such cases carry the ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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Supreme Court Preview: The Samantar Case and the Immunity of Foreign Government Officials
... suit for compensatory and punitive damages under the Alien Tort Statute and the Torture Victim Protection Act. [3] They allege ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am