Human Rights

International Law Update - Nbr. 12-1, January 2006

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Summary:

In lawsuit against former Haitian military officer for alleged torture and other torts, Eleventh Circuit finds that equitable tolling applies to T.V.P.A. and A.T.C.A. claims, and that onus of proof that Haitian remedies were available to plaintiffs and that they had failed to exhaust them rests on defendant.

Core Citations:

CITES
Marie Jeanne Jean v. Carl Dorelien

Extract:

Human Rights

Lexiuste Cajuste and Marie Jeanne Jean (plaintiffs), Haitian citizens, filed a lawsuit in Florida against Carl Dorélien (defendant), a former Colonel of the Haitian Armed Forces. The U.S. Immigration Service had arrested ...

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