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DOE v. KARADZIC

Nos. 93 Civ. 0878 (PKL), 93 Civ. 1163 (PKL).

866 F.Supp. 734 (1994)

Jane DOE I, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, and Jane Doe II, on behalf of herself, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased mother, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Radovan KARADZIC, Defendant. S. K., on her own behalf and on behalf of her infant sons B. and O., Internationala Iniciative Zena Bosne I Hercegovine "Biser," and Zene Bosne I Hercegovine, Plaintiffs, v. Radovan KARADZIC, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

September 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catharine A. MacKinnon, Legal Defense and Educ. Fund, New York City (Martha F. Davis, Deborah A. Ellis, and Anne L. Clark, of counsel), for plaintiffs S. K. et al.

Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City (Beth Stephens, Matthew J. Chachere, Jennifer Green, Peter Weiss, Michael Ratner, Jose Luis Morin, Jules Lobel, Raymond H. Brescia, of counsel), Intern. Women's Human Rights Clinic, CUNY Law School, Flushing, NY (Rhonda Copelon, Celina Romany, of counsel), and International League for Human Rights, New York City (Judith Levin, of counsel), for plaintiffs Jane Doe I, et al.

Ramsey Clark and Lawrence W. Schilling, New York City, for defendant.

Patton, Boggs & Blow (Deborah Lodge, Jeanine Poltronieri, of counsel); International Human Rights Law Group (Steven M. Schneebaum, Janelle M. Diller, of counsel), Washington, DC, Debevoise & Plimpton (Donald F. Donovan, Barton Legum, Charles E. Joseph, Natalie R. Williams, of counsel); and Human Rights Watch (Kenneth Roth, Julie Mertus, and Ellen Lutz, of counsel), New York City, amici curiae.

OPINION AND ORDER

LEISURE, District Judge:

These two related actions, Doe et al. v. Karadzic, 93 Civ. 0878 (PKL) and K. et al. v. Karadzic, 93 Civ. 1163 (PKL), have been brought before this Court pursuant to: the Alien Tort Claim Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (1948); the Torture Victim Protection Act, Pub.L. No. 102-256, 106 Stat. 73 (1992) also codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1350; federal question jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1331; and...

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