Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2003
Publication Information
42 Int'l Legal Mat. 420 (2003)
Abstract
Nemariam v. Ethiopia is one of the most important United States decisions to date addressing whether an international tribunal may be an adequate forum for purposes of dismissing pending litigation based on forum non conveniens. The decision essentially suggests that diplomatic espousal claims before international tribunals can never afford claimants an adequate forum justifying dismissal based on forum non conveniens absent some guarantee of individual relief for meritorious claims.
Recommended Citation
Roger P. Alford,
Introductory Note to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit: Nemariam, et. al. v. Ethiopia,
42 Int'l Legal Mat. 420 (2003).
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