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As a side note the Alien Tort Statute gives US Courts original jurisdiction over human rights abuses committed against non-citizens on foreign soil. The courts
by will_brown 9y ago
As a side note the Alien Tort Statute gives US Courts original jurisdiction over human rights abuses committed against non-citizens on foreign soil.
The courts have held arbitrary and prolonged detention, and forced disappearance are actionable under the statute.