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Claims of Victims of Terrorism Against Foreign States in U.S. Courts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Ronald J. Bettauer
Ronald J. Bettauer*
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U.S. State Department, George Washington University Law School
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The Law and Politics of Foreign Sovereign Immunity
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 102 , 2008 , pp. 101 - 106
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2008

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2 Pub. L. No. 96-606 (Dec. 28, 1980), adding title VII to the International Claims Settlement Act, 22 U.S.C. 1621, 1645-16450.

3 16 UST 140, TIAS 5773, 34 I.L.M. 685 (1995).

4 See United States v. Belmont, 301 U.S. 324 (1937); United States v. Pink, 315 U.S. 203 (1942).

5 Princz v. Federal Republic of Germany, 26 F.3d 1166 (1994).

6 35 I.L.M. 193 (1996). The supplementary agreement entered into force on January 25, 1999.

7 United States v. Belmont, 301 U.S. 324 (1937).

8 United States v. Pink, 315 U.S. 203 (1942).

9 11 Bevans 1248, 1933 U.S.T. Lexis 59.

10 Dames & Moore v. Regan, 453 U.S. 654 (1981).

11 Reprinted in Caron, David D. & Crook, John R., editors, The Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and the Process of International Claims Resolution 373 (2000)Google Scholar.

12 Available at <http://www.gibsondunn.com/Publications/Pages/Amendment-ForeignSovereignImmunities Act.aspx>.

13 S. 1275, 108th Cong., 1st Sess. (2003). See Hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Benefits for U. S. Victims of International Terrorism, 108th Cong., 1 Sess. (2003), available at <http://www.terrorisminfo.mipt.org/pdf/s-hrg108-214.pdf>.

14 See Sommer, Hillel, Providing Compensation for Harm Caused by Terrorism: Lessons Learned in the Israeli Experience, 36 Ind. L. Rev. 335 (2003)Google Scholar.

15 See TIAS 12030 (1989).

16 See Schwartz, Jonathan B., Dealing with a “Rogue State “: The Libya Precedent, 101 AJIL 553, 568-570 (2007)Google Scholar.

17 Pugh v. Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 2008 U.S. Dist LEXIS 4290 (D.C. D.C. Jan. 23, 2008).

18 See Remarks by the President on February 26, 1996, 32 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 381 (1996)(although the president proposed Congress pass legislation to vest Cuban assets to provide compensation, the Administration subsequently decided to vest assets without new legislation under the authority of section 5 the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, 50 U.S.C, app. 5 and 12 U.S.C. 95a).

19 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1966, Pub. L. No. 104-132 § 221 (1996)(inserted new subsection (a)(7) into 28 U.S.C. 1605).

20 See generally U.S. Congressional Research Service, Suits Against Terrorist States by Victims of Terrorism (2005).

21 Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-386 § 2002 (2000).

22 Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, Pub. L. No. 107-297 § 201 (2002).

23 available at <http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/12/20071228-5.html>.

24 Id.

25 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-181 § 1083 (2O08)(replacing 28 U.S.C. 1605(a)(7) with a new section 1605A and making other changes).

26 Presidential Determination No. 2008-9, January 28, 2008, Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 116-117, available at <http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/01/20080128-ll.html>. See also <http://www.whitehouse.gov/ne ws/releases/2008/01/20080128-12.html>.

27 In re Iraq, Petition for a Writ of Certiorari filed Feb. 19, 2008 (No. 07-1090).

28 See Memorandum of Law in Support of Bank Melli’s Motion to Dismiss in Weinstein v. Iran, Case No. 05-Misc-235 (E.D.N.Y.Xpending).

29 Id.