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Doctrine of Command Responsibility in U.S. Human Rights Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2002

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References

1 28 U.S.C. §1350 note (1994).

2 For further background on the trial, see Sean, D. Murphy, Contemporary Practice of the United States, 95 AJIL 394 (2001)Google Scholar.

3 Brief of Appellants at 19-23, Ford v. Garcia, 289 F.3d 1283 (11th Cir. 2002) (No. 01-10357B).

4 Ford v. Garcia, 289 F.3d 1283, 1290-93 (11th Cir. 2002) (footnotes omitted).

5 28 U.S.C. §1350(1994).

6 See Center for Justice and Accountability Press Release on Trial Update—Days 14 and 15, Closing Arguments and Jury Instructions (July 18 & 19, 2002), at <http://www.cja.org/RomagozaUpdate7.18and7.19.02.htm>.

7 Id.

8 Id,.

9 Id.

10 See Center for Justice & Accountability Press Release on Florida Jury Finds Salvadoran Generals Liable for Torture, Awards $54.6 Million to Victims (July 23, 2002), at <http://www.cja.org/RomagozaPR7.23.02.htm>; Gonzalez, David, Torture Victims in El Salvador Are Awarded $54 Million, N.Y. Times, July 24, 2002, at A8 Google Scholar.