Arce v. García
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Arce v. García, 434 F.3d 1254 (11th Cir. 2006), is a landmark Eleventh Circuit case brought by three Salvadoran plaintiffs under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) and the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA).[1] These claims were brought under the doctrine of command responsibility against two high-ranking Salvadoran military personnel who ordered and carried out grave human rights abuses over the course of the country’s twelve year civil war.[1]
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Arce v. García | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
Full case name | Juan Romagoza Arce, Neris Gonzalez, Carlos Mauricio v. Jose Guillermo García, Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova |
Decided | January 4, 2006 |
Citation(s) | 434 F.3d 1254 |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Gerald Bard Tjoflat, Edward Earl Carnes, Anne C. Conway |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Tjoflat, joined by unanimous |
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