United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4756 (99th)
Torture Victim Protection Act of 1986
Introduced
6 May 1986
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Executive Comment Requested from State, Justice.
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Summary
Torture Victim Protection Act of 1986 - Amends the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to impose civil liability on anyone who, under actual or apparent authority of any foreign nation, subjects any person to torture or extrajudicial killing. Grants jurisdiction over such cases to U.S. district courts only after claimants have exhausted all available remedies in the place in which the conduct giving rise to the claim occurred.
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summary · EN · 6 May 1986
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/house-bill/4756
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