Civil Liberties Act of 1988

E94862

United States federal law reparations law

The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 is a U.S. federal law that formally acknowledged and apologized for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and provided monetary reparations to surviving victims.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Civil Liberties Act	1
Civil Libertities Act of 1988	0

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ reparations law ⓘ
addresses	violations of civil liberties of Japanese Americans during World War II ⓘ
administeredBy	Office of Redress Administration ⓘ United States Department of Justice ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Justice
aimsTo	restore trust in government among Japanese Americans ⓘ serve as a deterrent against future mass incarceration based on race or national origin ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Japanese American Redress Act ⓘ
apologyFor	evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast during World War II ⓘ internment of Japanese Americans during World War II ⓘ
apologyForm	written statement of apology ⓘ
apologyIssuedBy	Congress of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the United States ⓘ
basedOn	recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians ⓘ
benefitType	individual monetary compensation ⓘ symbolic recognition of injustice ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	legislative ⓘ
commissionReportTitle	Personal Justice Denied ⓘ
contains	findings section acknowledging injustice of internment ⓘ provisions for public education about internment ⓘ provisions for redress payments ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibilityCriteria	surviving persons of Japanese ancestry incarcerated in U.S. internment camps during World War II ⓘ
enactmentYear	1988 ⓘ
establishes	Office of Redress Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
findingCharacterization	internment was motivated by racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and a failure of political leadership ⓘ internment was not justified by military necessity ⓘ
historicalContext	response to findings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalDomain	civil rights law ⓘ human rights law ⓘ
provides	formal apology by the U.S. government ⓘ monetary reparations to eligible Japanese American internees ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 100-383 ⓘ
purpose	to acknowledge fundamental injustices of the evacuation, relocation, and internment of Japanese Americans ⓘ to discourage similar violations of civil liberties in the future ⓘ to provide restitution to Japanese Americans who were interned ⓘ
relatedTo	Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians NERFINISHED ⓘ Executive Order 9066 NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese American internment ⓘ
reparationAmountPerPerson	$20,000 ⓘ
shortName	Civil Liberties Act of 1988 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Civil Liberties Act
signedBy	Ronald Reagan ⓘ
signingDate	1988-08-10 ⓘ
targetGroup	Japanese American citizens ⓘ Japanese American permanent resident aliens ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	1942–1945 ⓘ World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Japanese Americans → apologyLaw → Civil Liberties Act of 1988 ⓘ

Japanese American internment → followedBy → Civil Liberties Act of 1988 ⓘ

Civil Liberties Act of 1988 → shortName → Civil Liberties Act of 1988 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Civil Liberties Act