S.D. New York· 10/30/2001

Tachiona v. Mugabe

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169 F. Supp. 2d 259
2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18712
2001 WL 1335003

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“[T]he Executive Branch’s role in determinations of head-of-state immunity was not affected by the passage of the FSIA.”
“[T]he Executive Branch’s role in determinations of head-of-state immunity was not affected by the passage of the FSIA.”
“With a legislative record devoid of any explicit contrary expression, a deliberate purpose to depart from generally prevalent international customs and practices as regards immunity for heads-of-state should not be ascribed to Congress.”
“[C]ourts uniformly have accepted the claim [of immunity] as to heads-of-state and heads-of-government.”
“[I]t ... would be an overstatement to say that Congress could have envisioned legislating to address a situation whose inherent problems, complexities and exact dimensions were not known or fully comprehended at the time.”
“the ordeals of torture, extrajudicial killings and other atrocities which Plaintiffs assert characterized the campaign of lawlessness and terror ZANU-PF inflicted upon them fall within the ... violations of international law cognizable under the ATCA”

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