Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
The article focuses on uses Alien Tort Statute as a vehicle for litigating human rights abuses in both civil and criminal prosecutions in the U.S. Topics discussed include developments in International Criminal Law in addressing human rights violations; judicial attitudes that could affect the interpretation of the Trafficking Victim Protection Act; and Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain court case on the same.
Citation
Sara Sun Beale, The Trafficking Victim Protection Act: The Best Hope for International Human Rights Litigation in the U.S. Courts?, 50 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 17-47 (2018)
Library of Congress Subject Headings
International criminal law, Victims of crimes--Protection, Human rights, Alien Tort Claims Act (United States), Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000
Included in
Criminal Law Commons, Human Rights Law Commons, International Business Commons, International Law Commons
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_scholarship/3909