''Mochizuki v. United States'' 43 Fed. Cl. 97 (1999) was a class action lawsuit brought by survivors of Japanese Latin Americans interned during World War II by the United States government. The lawsuit alleged forcible kidnapping and imprisonment. In a settlement, the government conceded it erred and allocated $5,000 each for survivor, as well as a formal apology from then-President Bill Clinton. Of those incarcerated by the government, 17 opted out of this class action lawsuit, including Isamu Shibayama, who sued separately for the higher compensation awarded by the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 to citizen internees. After losing in federal court, Shibayama subsequently took his case to the

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (the IACHR or, in the three other official languages Spanish, French, and Portuguese CIDH, ''Comisión Interamericana de los Derechos Humanos'', ''Commission Interaméricaine des Droits de l'Homme'', ...

, which ruled in his favor posthumously.

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