Chagossian people claiming billions of dollars from the US government

Tuesday, February 9th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

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The Chagossian people are seeking billions of dollars in damages from the United States under the Foreign Claims Act. The United Nations General Assembly, African Union, and International Court of Justice have all found that the forcible deportation of the Chagos Islanders a generation ago to make way for the US military base at Diego Garcia was unlawful and the continued military occupation is a serious violation of international law, according to a release from Chagossians’ lawyer, Dr, Jonathan Levy. Read full article

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Terence Hill
“The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed a case brought by Chagos Islanders claiming the right to return to their home in the Indian Ocean, bringing a long legal battle to a close.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/9758451/Chagos-Islanders-defeated-in-European-Court.html
Both the Chagossians and the Mauritanians accepted the deals they were offered. Thus ECHR is quite correct, and the UK can now quite simply say any further legal scrutiny is barred as Res Judicata ”also known as claim preclusion, is the Latin term for “a matter decided” and refers to either of two concepts in both civil law and common law legal systems: a case in which there has been a final judgment and is no longer subject to appeal; and the legal doctrine meant to bar (or preclude) relitigation of a claim between the same parties.” https ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Res_judicata
Feb 09th, 2021 - 12:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Don Alberto
A lovely example of “New, hopefully soft, man in the driver's seat”, let's try to get some dough out of him!
Feb 09th, 2021 - 03:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Liberato
Terence Hill, but the European Court of Human Rights isnt it compoused by europeans?. And by europeans i mean, by british?. Or is it a multi-continental body composed by european, mauricians and chagossians members?.
You know that a british court would decide always in favour of british interests over a foreign nation's interests right?.The same with european courts. They have, at some point, have to return to their homes again.
Feb 09th, 2021 - 11:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Terence Hill
Liberato
“They have, at some point, have to return to their homes again.” No they don't they have accepted compensation payments.
The European Court of Human Rights members past and present.
https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/List_judges_since_1959_BIL.pdf
That was their final appeal, they are now barred from legally proceeding any further.
My understanding is, theres a lot of sympathy and support for them in the UK.
Feb 10th, 2021 - 11:10 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Don Alberto
Well you see, Liberato, the judges of European Court of Human Rights are judges, and not Argentinos.

They do not rule for or against a European country, they rule according to what is accepted as international law, and almost all countries accept their neutrality.
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