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Mushikiwabo and Others v. Barayagwiza

United States of America.  09 April 1996 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

International organizations — United Nations — Member of national delegation to United Nations — Whether presence in United States to attend United Nations session vests individual with immunity from suit

Jurisdiction — Acts of genocide and torture — Whether within jurisdiction of United States courts — Acts by unofficial Hutu political leader against Tutsi population in Rwanda — Acts committed in coordinated campaign of genocide with Government — United States Alien Tort Act vesting subject-matter jurisdiction in respect of all acts of genocide — United States Torture Victim Protection Act — Requirement that acts of torture and summary execution not constituting genocide be performed by State actor or under “color of law” — The law of the United States

Keywords

International organizationsJurisdiction
Type
Case Report
Information
International Law Reports , Volume 107 , 1997 , pp. 457 - 461
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1997

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