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Handel v. Artukovic. 601 F.Supp. 1421

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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American Journal of International Law , Volume 79 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 1067 - 1069
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1985

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References

1 Convention Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, Oct. 18, 1907, 36 Stat. 2277, TS No. 539.

2 Convention Between the United States of America and other Powers Relating to Prisoners of War, July 27, 1929, 47 Stat. 2021 (1932), revised in Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Aug. 12, 1949, 6 UST 3316, TIAS No. 3364, 75 UNTS 135.

3 601 F.Supp. 1421, 1425 (relying on Tel-Oren v. Libyan Arab Republic, 726 F.2d 774, 808 (D.C. Cir. 1984) (Bork, J., concurring), summarized in 78 AJIL 668 (1984), cert, denied, 105 S.Ct. 1354 (1985); and Dreyfus v. Von Finck, 534 F.2d 24, 30 (2d Cir.), cert, denied, 429 U.S. 835 (1976)).

4 601 F.Supp. at 1425 (quoting People of Saipan v. United States Dep’t of Interior, 502 F.2d 90, 97 (9th Cir. 1974), cert, denied, 420 U.S. 1003 (1975)).

5 601 F.Supp. at 1425.

6 Id. at 1426.

7 Id. at 1427.

8 The court distinguished the Seventh Circuit decision in Kalmich v. Bruno, which construed the same Yugoslavian statute and held that the Yugoslavian rather than the Illinois statute of limitations applied, 553 F.2d 549 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 940 (1977).

9 601 F.Supp. at 1436–37.

10 630 F.2d 876 (2d Cir. 1980), summarized in 75 AJIL 149 (1981).