The Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (TVPA; Pub. L. 102–256, H.R. 2092, 106 Stat. 73, enacted March 12, 1992) is a US statute that allows for the...
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The Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 provides remedies to individuals who are victims of torture by persons acting in an official capacity of any...
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Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government)
United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991(TVPA), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, applies exclusively to natural...
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of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments and the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991" and "U.S. officials repeatedly threatened Mr. Meshal with torture,...
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abrogated. In the case of bin Ali Jaber v. United States (2017), the plaintiffs filed a lawsuit under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 after a 2012 US...
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Samantar v. Yousuf (category Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act case law)
and some of his victims had sued him under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991. In a previous decision, the United States Court of Appeals for...
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Bowoto v. Chevron Corp. (category United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cases)
the Alien Tort Claims Act, the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991, and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). They also alleged...
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Khalifa Haftar (category Libyan prisoners of war)
Arab Emirates, Egypt and Russia. The suit is based on the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991. Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected Haftar's motion to dismiss...
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of "orchestrating the shootdown" and the Russian government of being complicit in the act. The writ was brought under the Torture Victim Protection Act...
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may refer to: Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991, American legislation enacted 1992 Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, American...
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Wang Xiaoning (category Prisoners and detainees of the People's Republic of China)
Yahoo! under the Alien Torts Statute (28 U.S.C. § 1350) and Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (TVPA), 106 Stat. 73 (1992) in federal court in San Francisco...
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Igor Girkin (category Recipients of the Order of Courage (Russia))
the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991. On 19 June 2019, the Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT), investigating the shooting down of MH17, officially...
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specifically the Alien Torts Statute (28 U.S.C. § 1350) and Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (TVPA), 106 Stat. 73 (1992) in federal court in San Francisco...
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Robert Park (activist) (category American people of Korean descent)
As a victim of North Korean torture, Park is preparing to file a lawsuit in the U.S. Federal Court under the Torture Victims Protection Act of 1991. His...
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Torture Survivors Await US Redress, Accountability | Human Rights Watch". September 25, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2025. "Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Challenge...
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Commissions Act of 2006. After the U.S. dismissed United Nations concerns about torture in 2006, one UK judge observed 'America's idea of what is torture ......
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December 2007 on Martyrs' Day, commemorating past victims of torture, the Special Security Forces began a wave of arrests targeting more than 60 persons, among...
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the United States Constitution Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 Article I (the Texas Bill of Rights), Section 13 of the Texas Constitution, adopted...
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the former president. March 12 – President Bush signs the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 into law, which he says is in conjunction with his interest...
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Dianna Ortiz (category American torture victims)
seek civil damages under the Torture Victim Protection Act passed in 1992. She filed a case against the Guatemalan Minister of Defense, General Héctor Gramajo...
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Héctor Gramajo (category Defense ministers of Guatemala)
Sister Dianna. for having command responsibility under the Torture Victim Protection Act. He did not contest the lawsuit or pay the damages. In 1995...
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"disappearances", and torture; the "Armed Forces Special Powers Act", which "provides impunity for human rights abuses and fuels cycles of violence. The Armed...
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that the "prospect of torture induces fear and its consequences may be devastating, irreversible, indeed, fatal." This view of torture goes back to R. v...
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Whistleblowing (redirect from Whistleblower protection)
adoption of the Public Interest Disclosure (Protection of Informers) Act, of 2002. In August 2010, the Public Interest Disclosure and Protection of Persons...
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Rape in India (redirect from List of rape cases in India)
the modesty of women’ instead of replacing it with the gender-neutral term ‘sexual assault’. It provides inadequate protection to victims of non-consensual...
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Victoria Adjo Climbié (2 November 1991 – 25 February 2000) was an eight-year-old Ivorian girl who was tortured and murdered by her great-aunt and her great-aunt's...
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the intent of placing the victim outside the protection of the law. Often, forced disappearance implies murder whereby a victim is abducted, may be illegally...
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Human rights in the Philippines (redirect from Torture in the Philippines)
Against Trafficking (IACAT). Rape Victim Assistance and Protection – The Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998 (RA 8505), mandated the DOJ...
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Animal welfare in Nazi Germany (redirect from Reich Animal Protection Act)
Reichstierschutzgesetz (Reich Animal Protection Act), for protection of animals. This law listed many prohibitions against the use of animals, including their use...
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Human rights in the United Kingdom (redirect from Privacy laws of the United Kingdom)
outlawed in the Education Act 1996. The Criminal Justice Act 1988 prohibits torture carried out by public officials in the performance of their duties and evidence...
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