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Somali official's immunity case raises legal, policy issues

Date: March 4, 2010

Author: Robert Barnes

QUOTE: The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) protects foreign states and their "agencies and instrumentalities" from lawsuits, with a few limited exceptions. But the Torture Victim Protection Act authorizes lawsuits, and was passed specifically to ensure that those "who avail themselves of the protections and privileges of residency in the United States also bear responsibility for their actions, especially actions as significant as torture," according to a brief filed by its congressional sponsors.

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Key People:

• Justice Stephen G. Breyer
• Chief Justice John G. Roberts Esq.
• Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
• Mohamed Ali Samantar

Key Organizations:

• Washington Post Newspaper

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Government & Politics / History
  • Government (General)
    • Human Rights
      • Torture
    • Judicial Branch/Supreme Court
    • Legislative Branch (Congress/Senate/House of Representatives/Parliament)
    • Separation Powers / Checks and Balances

• Law & Justice
  • Justice System
    • Jurisdiction

• Africa
  • East Africa
    • Somalia

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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