In Brief:

• Amini LLC has been engaged as trial counsel in a legal action against defendants, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and several of its current and former senior leaders, currently underway before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

• The case asserts that the acts committed by Hamas, with UNRWA’s and the individual defendants’ assistance, constitute torts under international law as well as violating the Torture Victims Protection Act.

• The lawsuit alleges that UNRWA and its leadership knowingly misdirected over $1 billion to Hamas, a terrorist organization as designated by the United States and other countries, in violation of the law.

• The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a letter arguing that defendants UNRWA and the individual defendants are entitled to immunity under the treaty known as the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations.

• Amini LLC is challenging this position on behalf of our clients, arguing that UNRWA and the individual defendants are not entitled to immunity for the acts alleged.

• Several prominent organizations & individuals filed friends of the court briefs.

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