Huynh Thi Anh and Dao Thanh Linh v. Edward Levi, Attorney General of the United States

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• holding that the Geneva Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights “do not create a private right of action for aliens in the federal courts.”
• recognizing state interest in resolving domestic relations matters and strong policies of federal-state comity
• the presence of the alien children in the United States was concededly lawful but only their custody was contested
• the presence of the alien children in the United States was concededly lawful but only their custody was contested
• no right of action maintainable under Article 4 of the Protocol relating to religious freedoms
• federal courts without jurisdiction to resolve custody dispute involving Vietnamese orphan

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