Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991
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Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 - Imposes civil liability on anyone who, under actual or apparent authority or under color of law of any foreign nation, subjects another individual to torture or extrajudicial killing. Directs a court to decline to hear a claim under this Act if it appears that the claimant has not exhausted adequate and available remedies in the place where the conduct giving rise to the claim occurred. Specifies that no action shall be maintained under the provisions of this Act unless it is commenced within ten years of the time when the cause of action arose (but all principles of equitable tolling shall apply in calculating this limitation period).
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