Human Rights Abuses Worldwide Are Held to Fall Under U.S. Courts
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
- Organization: New York Times
- Link: http://www.nytimes.com
A Supreme Court decision on Tuesday kept federal courts open to lawsuits by foreigners who allege that they were victims of serious human rights violations anywhere in the world.
The decision interpreting the Alien Tort Statute came as a relief to human rights organizations that had feared the court would accept the Bush administration's invitation to narrow the application of the 215-year-old law.
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