e/Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991

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has gloss	eng: The Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (TVPA), , , is a statute that allows for the filing of civil suits, in the United States, against individuals who, acting in an official capacity for any foreign nation, committed torture and/or extrajudicial killing. The statute requires a plaintiff to show exhaustion of local remedies in the location of the crime, to the extent that such remedies are "adequate and available." Plaintiffs may be citizens or noncitizens.
lexicalization	eng: Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991
instance of	c/Anti-torture laws