Decisions of regional human rights courts outside Europe and of courts and tribunals settling disputes between states or with foreign nationals: Velasquez Rodriguez and Barrios Altos, the African Court's Mtikila ruling, Nicaragua v United States, the South China Sea arbitration and Filartiga on alien tort claims. A case belongs here when its cited article describes it as such a decision. It excludes European court cases and international criminal trials.
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Nicaragua v. United States (Wikipedia)
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The Case Concerning the Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v.
South China Sea Arbitration (Wikipedia)
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The South China Sea Arbitration (Philippines v.
Velasquez Rodriguez v. Honduras (Wikipedia)
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Velásquez Rodríguez v. Honduras is a landmark case that was decided by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) in 1988.
Filartiga v Pena-Irala (Wikipedia)
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It set the precedent for United States federal courts to punish non-American citizens for tortious acts committed outside the United States that were in violation of public international law (the law of nations) or any treaties to which the United States is a party.
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