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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation should domesticate and recognize judgments issued by United States courts on behalf of United States victims of terrorism, and that the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs should cease its political interference with Italy's independent judiciary, which it carries out in the interests of state sponsors of terrorism such as the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Introduced: July 14, 2016 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5177)
Jul 14, 2016
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Expresses the sense of Congress that:

  • Italy has violated the principle of reciprocity governing the mutual recognition of domestic court awards between Italy and the United States;
  • the intervention by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on behalf of Iran against victims of Iranian terrorism was initiated to the detriment of both United States and European Union terrorism victims; and
  • the European Court of Human Rights should overturn the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation's erroneous rulings in Flatow v. Islamic Republic of Iran and Eisenfeld v. Islamic Republic of Iran and order such court to recognize the U.S. judgments held by the Flatow, Duker, and Eisenfeld families against Iran.
What's happening now July 14, 2016

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5177)

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