Torture Victim Protection Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:abbreviation |
gptkb:TVPA
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| gptkbp:allows |
civil lawsuits in U.S. courts
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
individuals acting in an official capacity for any foreign nation
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| gptkbp:category |
United States federal civil rights legislation
Human rights legislation |
| gptkbp:codifiedIn |
28 U.S.C. § 1350 note
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| gptkbp:compatibleWith |
organizations
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
1991
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Torture Victim Protection Act
|
| gptkbp:language |
English
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| gptkbp:publicLawNumber |
Pub.L. 102–256
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| gptkbp:purpose |
provides civil redress for victims of torture and extrajudicial killing
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Alien_Tort_Statute
human rights law |
| gptkbp:requires |
exhaustion of local remedies
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| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:George_H._W._Bush
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Doe_v._Exxon_Mobil_Corp.
gptkb:Doe_v._Unocal gptkb:Doe_v._Unocal_Corp. |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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