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Under JASTA, victims and families can pursue lawsuits against foreign states that support foreign terrorist organizations regardless of whether they are designated as state sponsors of terrorism. This is a shift from pre-existing US law under the FSIA. Under JASTA, if any foreign state knowingly provides substantial assistance, recklessly contributes material support, or otherwise facilitates a tortious act that constitutes an act of terrorism under US law or international law, that foreign state can potentially be held accountable.
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act Expands Terrorism Lawsu. The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) is an important federal law that authorizes lawsuits in the United States for acts of international terrorism committed domestically and abroad. Under JASTA, victims and families can pursue claims against foreign states and other entities (and individuals) in foreign countries that provide direct or indirect support for designated foreign terrorist organizations. JASTA provides civil litigants in terrorism-related cases with the ability to pursue claims under international law in federal district court. As discussed below, this includes claims based not only on primary liability and providing material support and other forms of substantial assistance to designated terrorist organizations, but claims based on aiding and abetting and other theories of secondary liability as well.
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