Dolly M. E. Filartiga and Joel Filartiga v. Americo Norberto Pena-Irala

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• holding that the prohibition on official torture is \clear and unambiguous\ and, as such, can serve as a basis for suit under the ATCA
• holding that the prohibition on official torture is “clear and unambiguous” and, as such, can serve as a basis for suit under the ATCA
• holding that the prohibition on official torture is “clear and unambiguous” and, as such, can serve as a basis for suit under the ATCA
• holding that former Inspector General of Police in Asuncion, Paraguay, could be held liable under the ATCA for the torture and consequent death of a seventeen-year-old boy
• holding that customary international law includes only “well-established, universally recognized norms of international law”
• holding that customary international law includes only “well-established, universally recognized norms of international law”

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