Article(print)1993

Putting the world's oppressors on trial: the Torture Victim Protection Act

In: Human rights quarterly: a comparative and international journal of the social sciences, humanities, and law, Volume 15, p. 605-624

Drinan, Robert F

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Abstract

US legislation, inaugurated Mar. 12, 1992, which gives victims the legal right to sue their torturers for civil damages in US courts. Statutory provisions, basis for asserting jurisdiction, impact on the alien tort statute, potential problems and the scope of defenses, and foreign policy implications.

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