Expressing the sense of Congress that the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation should domesticate and recognize judgments issued by United States courts on behalf of United States victims of terrorism, and that the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs should cease its political interference with Italy’s independent judiciary, which it carries out in the interests of state sponsors of terrorism such as the Islamic Republic of Iran.

S. Con. Res. 48 · 114th Congress · Jul 14, 2016 · Lineage

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

That it is the sense of Congress that—

(1)

Italy has violated the principle of reciprocity governing the mutual recognition of domestic court awards between our two nations;

(2)

the intervention by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on behalf of Iran against victims of Iranian terrorism was initiated to the detriment of both United States and European Union terrorism victims; and

(3)

the European Court of Human Rights should—

(A)

overturn the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation’s erroneous rulings in Flatow v. Islamic Republic of Iran (Cass., sez. un., 28 ottobre 2015, n. 21946 (It.)) and Eisenfeld v. Islamic Republic of Iran (Cass., sez. un., 28 ottobre 2015, n. 21947 (It.)); and

(B)

order the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation to recognize the United States judgments held by the Flatow, Duker, and Eisenfeld families against Iran.

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