State-Sponsored Terrorism in the United States

State-Sponsored Terrorism in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976

According to research about State-Sponsored Terrorism from the Federal Judicial Center:Since 1996, when Congress amended the FSIA to remove the immunity of foreign states for certain acts of state-sponsored terrorism, more and more cases have been brought under this provision. As enacted, § 1605(a)(7) provided that immunity did not apply in cases in which money damages were sought for personal injury or death caused by acts of torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, hostage taking, or the provision of material support or resources if those acts were taken at a time when the state in question had been formally designated as a sponsor of terrorism. That provision was repealed in 2008 and replaced by an even broader exception, now codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1605A.182 The new statute is summarized here; a more detailed discussion is provided in Part VII, the Addendum.

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