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35 Rutgers L.J. 749 (2003-2004)
Discrediting Human Rights Abuse as an Act of State: A Case Study on the Repression of the Falun Gong in China and Commentary on International Human Rights Law in U.S. Courts

handle is hein.journals/rutlj35 and id is 835 raw text is: DISCREDITING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE AS AN ACT OF STATE: A CASE STUDY ON THE REPRESSION OF THE FALUN GONG IN CHINA AND COMMENTARY ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW IN U.S. COURTS Mark J. Leavy* I. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 751 II. THE REPRESSION OF THE FALUN GONG IN THE PEOPLE'S R EPUBLIC OF CHINA ............................................................................. 756 A. The Outlawing and Re-Education of the Falun Gong ............... 756 B. The Case Against Liu Qi, Former Mayor of Beijing ...................... 764 C. The Case Against Xia Deren, Deputy Provincial Governor of Liao N ing Province .................................................................... 766 D. Pending Motions for Entry of Default Judgment ........................... 767 III. CONVERGENCE OF THE ALIEN TORT CLAIMS ACT, TORTURE VICTIM PROTECTION ACT, FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES ACT AND ACT OF STATE DOCTRINE ..................................................................... 769 A. The Alien Tort Claims Act .............................................................. 770 B. The Torture Victim Protection Act and Continued Viability of a Cause ofAction Under the Alien Tort Claims Act ......................... 775 C. The Ratification of the Filartiga Approach Within the Ninth C ircuit ............................................................................................ 778 D. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and its Applicability to Individuals Within the Ninth Circuit .............................................. 782 E. The Act of State Doctrine ............................................................... 786 IV. THE DISTRICT COURT SHOULD ENTER DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST NAMED DEFENDANTS AND AWARD DAMAGES ON CLAIMS OF TORTURE, CRUEL, INHUMAN AND DEGRADING TREATMENT, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AND ARBITRARY DETENTION ........................................... 792 A. Actionable Claims Under the ATCA and TVPA ............................. 793 * J.D. Candidate, Rutgers University School of Law-Camden, May 2004; B.A. in Diplomatic History, University of Pennsylvania, 1995. I thank the staff and board of the Rutgers Law Journal for their diligence and hard work, and Professor Beth Stephens for her advice and support.

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