A bill to carry out obligations of the United States under the United Nations Charter and other international agreements pertaining to the protection of human rights by establishing a civil action for recovery of damages from a person who engages in torture or extra judicial killing.
Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 - Imposes civil liability on anyone who, under actual or apparent authority or under color of law of any foreign nation, subjects another individual to torture or extrajudicial killing. Directs a court to decline to hear a claim under this Act if it appears that the claimant has not exhausted adequate and available remedies in the place where the conduct giving rise to the claim occurred.
Specifies that no action shall be maintained under the provisions of this Act unless it is commenced within ten years of the time when the cause of action arose (but all principles of equitable tolling shall apply in calculating this limitation period).
Became Public Law No: 102-256.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Biden with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 102-249. Minority views filed.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Biden with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 102-249. Minority views filed.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 382.
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
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