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Comment: The Law, Rights, and the Border Attorneys for victims of human rights violations will file briefs Friday in the Supreme Court case of Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, a doctor who was abducted from Mexico during the investigation of a murdered U.S. drug enforcement agent. The civil lawsuit Dr. Alvarez has brought against his abductors is filed under the Alien Tort Claims Act of 1789. Commentator and attorney David Cole has represented plaintiffs using the Alien Tort Claims Act, and, he says, it's an important tool for defending human rights.

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Attorneys for victims of human rights violations will file briefs Friday in the Supreme Court case of Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, a doctor who was abducted from Mexico during the investigation of a murdered U.S. drug enforcement agent. The civil lawsuit Dr. Alvarez has brought against his abductors is filed under the Alien Tort Claims Act of 1789. Commentator and attorney David Cole has represented plaintiffs using the Alien Tort Claims Act, and, he says, it's an important tool for defending human rights.