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ExxonMobil lawsuit (re Aceh)
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Indonesia: After two decades, ExxonMobil settles case of alleged human rights abuses including torture brought by Aceh villagers
After more than twenty years, ExxonMobil has settled a lawsuit brought by Aceh villagers in Indonesia over allegations of human rights abuses.
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US judge rules that ExxonMobil case about allegations of complicity in violence in Indonesia can go to trial after 21 years
Eleven villagers from Aceh Province allege they and their family members were tortured, sexually assaulted, raped and beaten in and around the ExxonMobil oil and gas plant located in the city of Lhoksukon during the late 1990s and early 2000s. ExxonMobil has denied being aware of any human rights violations at the time and argued it cannot be held responsible.
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US judge orders ExxonMobil to pay nearly $290,000 to plaintiff’s lawyer following botched deposition in lawsuit over company's alleged involvement in human rights abuses in Aceh, Indonesia
"US court orders oil giant to pay nearly $290,000 to plaintiff’s counsel following botched deposition."
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Trial in US lawsuit against ExxonMobil over alleged complicity in torture & beatings by military in Indonesia could start after 20 years
"Villagers in Aceh say they were tortured by 'Exxon Army' hired by gas plant." The company denies the allegations.
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Exxon Human Rights Case Survives — on Claim that Execs Knew All Along
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Access to justice for victims of human rights abuses needs to be strengthened
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ExxonMobil Indonesian Villagers Human Rights Abuse Cases to Proceed in Federal Court
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In Exxon suit, judge leaves opening for villagers
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US federal appeals courts issue conflicting decisions regarding extraterritoriality in Alien Tort lawsuits against CACI & Chiquita
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[PDF] Out of Bounds - Accountability for Corporate Human Rights Abuse After Kiobel
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Case profile: ExxonMobil lawsuit (re Aceh)
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Corporate liability for violating international law under The Alien Tort Statute: The corporation through the lens of globalization and privatization
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The Supreme Court: Corporate America's Employees of the Month
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Human rights violations can be costly for business
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[PDF] Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Bulletin – Issue 9, June 2013
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Companies Shielded as U.S. Court Cuts Human-Rights Suits
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Did ExxonMobil Pay Torturers?
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[PDF] Kiobel and Corporate Social Responsibility: An Issues Brief
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In Kiobel filings, human rights group queries AG Holder conflicts
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[PDF] Submission on Oil & Gas sector discussion paper
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ExxonMobil CEO ignores Ground Zero of Energy Security
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Another Supreme Court boost for corporate unaccountability?
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Corporate liability under Alien Tort Statute: Don't elevate form over substance
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[PDF] The Alien Tort Claims Act and Trans-Boundary Corporate Environmental Abuse: A Case Study of the Gulf Oil Spill
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Exxon Wants Rehearing In Corporate Liability Dispute [USA]
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Supreme Court May Consider Whether Companies Can Be Sued Over Human Rights [USA]
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UPDATE: ExxonMobil Selling Gas Assets At Center Of Indonesia Human-Rights Lawsuit
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The Global Lawyer: Corporate Alien Tort Rouses from Its Deathbed
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Appeals Court Revives Torture Claims Against Exxon [USA]
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Exxon Seeks Dismissal of Alien Tort Case Originating in Indonesia
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US Appeals Court Weighs Consequences of Indonesians' Lawsuit Against Exxon
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Shortening the Long Arm of the Law [USA]
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ERI Files Brief Supporting Indonesian Victims' Case Against ExxonMobil
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[PDF] Think globally, sue locally: Out-of-court tactics employed by plaintiffs, their lawyers, and their advocates in transnational tort cases
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[PDF] Launch of online portal on “Business, Conflict & Peace”
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[PDF] Universal Periodic Review – United States of America Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
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[PDF] Human Rights Due Diligence: Is It Too Risky? [scroll to p. 6]
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Judge Dismisses Indonesians' Lawsuit Against Exxon
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[PDF] John Doe VIII v. Exxon Mobil Corporation - Memorandum Opinion
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ExxonMobil seeks to toss Indonesia suit
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Exxon Asks Judge to Dismiss Suit by Indonesian Villagers
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Human rights abuses: How complicit are oil companies?
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Shell settles human rights suit for $15.5M
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Lawsuits target oil company operations overseas
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The U.S. Can't Be the World's Court - New York isn't the right venue to sue for apartheid abuses.
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Five Tips to Avoid the Human Rights Litigation Trap
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[PDF] Business & Human Rights Resource Centre launches world’s first online portal profiling human rights lawsuits against companies
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Exxon Human Rights abuse in Aceh
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Judge Rejects Summary Judgment in Human Rights Lawsuit Against Exxon
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Exxon en procès pour torture
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[PDF] John Doe I, et al. v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al. - Memorandum & Opinion
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Human Rights Violations Suit Against Exxon Will Be Heard
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Exxon Loses Bid to Shield Information From Federal Court Records
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[PDF] John Doe, et al. v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al. - Memorandum Opinion
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Exxon deberá responder a acusaciones de violación de DDHH
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[US] Court rejects Exxon appeal in human rights case
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Droits de l'Homme : Exxon accusé
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To Avoid Risk of Alien Tort Claims Act Cases, Companies Must Improve Human Rights
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Alabama Company Is Exonerated in Murders at Colombian Mine
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Exxon faces lawsuit on killings in Indonesia [USA]
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Oil Companies Revamp Ethical Plans as Legal Risk Grows
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Why all companies should address human rights (and how the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre can help)
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BP, Suncor, and Shell Top Oil Sector Sustainability Rating; Chevron and ExxonMobil Rank Low
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[PDF] Brief on Corporations and Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region - Prepared for Professor John Ruggie, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General for Business and Human Rights
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full report: "Too High a Price: The Human Rights Cost of the Indonesian Military’s Economic Activities"
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[PDF] Win or Lose in Court
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Stand up to rights abuse, Exxon tells executives
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ExxonMobil in Aceh
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Abuses by int'l firms in RI [Republic of Indonesia] to be raised with UN
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Exxon Mobil says Aceh torture lawsuit sets dangerous precedent
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[PDF] Corporate Action Network Magazine
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[DOC] Remarks by John G. Ruggie - Business & Human Rights Seminar - Old Billingsgate, London, December 8, 2005
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Villagers' suit will be in a state court [USA]
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[DOC] Conférence de Wilton Park sur les entreprises et les droits de l’homme - Allocution inaugurale
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Liability Forges a New Morality
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Groups Call on ExxonMobil to be Transparent About its Relationship With Indonesian Military in Aceh; Urge Pension Fund Industry & Institutional Investors to Vote "Yes" on XOM Shareholder Resolution
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Proxy Statement - Item 6 – Aceh Security Report
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[PDF] Business befriends human rights
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U.S.: Rights Advocates Hail 'Landmark' Settlement With American Corporation
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The Business of Torture
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Advocates: Tsunami aid only part of picture
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Foreign crimes come home to the US
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Globalization Debate: Broken Promises Vs. Free Trade Mantra
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Human rights: Can multinationals be held accountable?
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[PDF] Oil and Human Rights
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[PDF] Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence [OGEL] - Special Feature on Corporate Social Responsibility
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Unocal decision impacts Shell, Coca-Cola, Exxon [part of ExxonMobil] and Gap
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The questions over aiding and abetting
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U.S. Courts Tackle Foreign Abuses - Energy corporations question 'law of nations'
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[PDF] full report: "In Our Court: ATCA, Sosa and the Triumph of Human Rights"
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States and Corporations: Legal Responsibilities to the People
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Big Business Attacks ATCA in New York Times; ERI's Rebuttal
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Recent ATCA Cases Against Corporate Defendants
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Courting Responsibility
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Human rights for all people for all times
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Slave Labor? Unocal is being sued in the U.S. for ignoring abuses in Burma. It's the next globalization battle
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Multinationals and accountability
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U.S. Courts' role in foreign feuds comes under fire
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Laws of Empire
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A Needed Human Rights Law [USA]
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Oil and Human Rights - Environmental and Human Rights Impacts of the ONG Industry [oil & natural gas industry]
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ExxonMobil in Aceh [Indonesia]
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[PDF] Legal Issues in Corporate Citizenship
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Abuse of 18th Century Law Threatens U.S. Economic and Security Interests
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[PDF] Judging Corporate Accountability in theGlobal Economy
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Powell's Awkward Position [USA/Aceh-Indonesia]
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Letter to Secretary Powell [U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell] Regarding Aceh Lawsuit [Indonesia]
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Statement Regarding NGO Human Rights Lawsuit - Aceh, Indonesia
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U.S. Government Tries to Kill Human-Rights Case against ExxonMobil
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U.S. Backs Oil Giant on Lawsuit in Indonesia
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ExxonMobil Responds
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Groups Shocked as Officials Urge Judge to Back ExxonMobil
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ExxonMobil welcomes US backing on Aceh human rights lawsuit
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Text of the Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil: I [part 1 of 2]
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Individuals struggle to hold corporations accountable for abuses
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U.S./Indonesia: Bush Backtracks on Corporate Responsibility
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U.S. Moves to Block Human-Rights Lawsuit Against Exxon Mobil
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US tries to halt rights suit against Exxon
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State Department Adopts "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" Stance in Case that Pits Indonesian Villagers Against Exxon Mobil
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full text of U.S. State Department letter: Text of State Department Opinion Regarding ExxonMobil Litigation
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Exxon Under Fire in Indonesia
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Indonesia's Guerrilla War Puts Exxon Under Siege
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Corporate Human Rights [human rights lawsuits agains multinationals in U.S. courts]
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ExxonMobil-Sponsored Terrorism?
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ExxonMobil Fights Indonesia Rights Suit
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Exxon Mobil under fire [Aceh]
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Recent ILRF [International Labor Rights Fund] Cases to Enforce Human Rights Under the ATCA
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Litigation Update: A Summary of Recent Developments in U.S. Cases Brought Under the Alien Tort Claims Act and Torture Protection Act
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ExxonMobil's Troubled Relationship in Aceh
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Aceh: Lawsuit accuses Exxon Mobil of complicity in abuses
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Deadly Drilling in Aceh
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Exxon in human rights trouble
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Exxon accused of rights abuses
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Aceh: Exxon Mobil shuts down
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Coca-Cola lawsuit (re Colombia)
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Can post-conflict Colombia be a business and human rights leader?
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[PDF] Investor Statement for Human Rights and in Support of the U.S. Alien Tort Statute
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Another Supreme Court boost for corporate unaccountability?
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[PDF] Resumen ejecutivo. Informe sobre violencia contra sindicalistas y trabajadores sindicalizados 1984 – 2011 [Colombia]
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Canadian Multinationals and Alien Torts
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Colombia's ex-leader Alvaro Uribe subpoenaed in U.S. federal court
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Shortening the Long Arm of the Law [USA]
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On the Frontier of Alien Tort Claims
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[PDF] Acceso a la Justicia: Casos de Abusos de Derechos Humanos por Parte de Empresas [Colombia]
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[PDF] Think globally, sue locally: Out-of-court tactics employed by plaintiffs, their lawyers, and their advocates in transnational tort cases
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[PDF] Launch of online portal on “Business, Conflict & Peace”
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Un film au goût amer, selon l'entreprise
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Coke discourages screenings of labour documentary
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[PDF] Accountability for Private Military Contractors Under the Alien Tort Statute
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Corte desestima acusación a Coca-Cola por tortura de empleados
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Coca-Cola cleared in Colombian case
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Colombian paramilitary tells how he financed his own Murder Inc.: bananas
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[PDF] Deadly ventures? Multinational corporations and paramilitaries in Colombia
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[PDF] Human Rights Translated: A Business Reference Guide
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[PDF] Business & Human Rights Resource Centre launches world’s first online portal profiling human rights lawsuits against companies
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Coca-Cola response to Guardian article
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To die for [Colombia]
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Colombia: One of world’s most dangerous places for trade unionists
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Colombia: Uno de los lugares más peligrosos del mundo para los sindicalistas
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Hearing to focus on alleged ties of U.S. firm to [Colombian] militias
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[PDF] Colombia - Payoffs to terrorists scrutinized
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Federal judge dismisses Turkish labor dispute lawsuit
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Sinaltrainal presentó apelación en caso contra Coca Cola en corte de Estados Unidos
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Colombian union to appeal court's dismissal of lawsuit against Coca-Cola
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11th Circuit Asked to Clarify Corporate Liability [USA]
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Sindicato colombiano insistirá en demanda contra Coca-Cola
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Hit squad lawsuit against Coke bottlers dismissed
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Juez desestima denuncia de sindicato colombiano contra Coca Cola
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Why all companies should address human rights (and how the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre can help)
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[PDF] Win or Lose in Court
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Colombia: datos importantes
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Trabajo-Colombia: Juicio a Coca-Cola, Nestlé y Chiquita Brands
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[PDF] Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report
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The Coca-Cola Company Statement regarding Colombia Accusations
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"Killer Coke" Or Innocent Abroad? [Colombia]
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Inside Coke's Labor Struggles [Colombia]
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Coke struggles to defend positive reputation
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University of Michigan bans Coca-Cola sales [USA]
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Colombia’s agony, Coca-Cola’s responsibility, Americans’ solidarity
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Liability Forges a New Morality
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Pirates of the Corporation - Holding American companies responsible for high crimes committed overseas
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Coke's Colombian controversy
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Las multinacionales y los derechos humanos
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The Ten Worst Corporations of 2004
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[PDF] The Changing Landscape of Liability - A Director’s Guide to Trends in Corporate Environmental, Social and Economic Liability
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Police Attack Coca-Cola Protest, Over 350 Arrested [India]
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Human rights: Can multinationals be held accountable?
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Unocal decision impacts Shell, Coca-Cola, Exxon [part of ExxonMobil] and Gap
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[PDF] full report: "In Our Court: ATCA, Sosa and the Triumph of Human Rights"
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[DOC] mission summary: "Colombia"
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[DOC] Colombia: Informe de la comisión internacional para los derechos del trabajo
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Analysis: Is trying to kill the Alien Tort Claims Act digging for fool’s gold?
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US group adds Coke to Colombia death squad lawsuit
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Students at Rutgers: Don't renew Coca-Cola contract
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Recent ATCA Cases Against Corporate Defendants
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Courting Responsibility
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Human rights for all people for all times
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IUF Coca-Cola Affiliates Reject Call for an "international consumer boycott" of Coca-Cola beginning July 22, 2003
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Laws of Empire
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Australian Unions to Remove Coke Machines as Retribution
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Rights Groups Overseas Fight U.S. Concerns in U.S. Courts
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Human rights, salary at issue for Coca-Cola
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Partial victory for Coca-Cola workers
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Investigan en E.U. a embotelladora de Coca Cola en Colombia por presunto apoyo a paramilitares
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Coke bottler faces death suit
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Court Rules that Human Rights Case Can Go Forward Against Coca-Cola Bottlers [for allegedly hiring paramilitaries to kill & intimidate union leaders in Colombia]
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Alien Tort Claims Act: Colombia
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Activists targeting UI deal with Coke [USA]
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[PDF] Judging Corporate Accountability in theGlobal Economy
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Colombia's War on Unions: The Coca-Cola Killings
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Corporate Human Rights [human rights lawsuits agains multinationals in U.S. courts]
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Coke, Colombia bottler fight lawsuit [USA]
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Union Activist: Co.'s Hire Attackers [Colombia]
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Recent ILRF [International Labor Rights Fund] Cases to Enforce Human Rights Under the ATCA
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Litigation Update: A Summary of Recent Developments in U.S. Cases Brought Under the Alien Tort Claims Act and Torture Protection Act
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It's the real thing - murders at Coke
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Coke Abuse in Colombia
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Coca-Cola sued over bottling plant 'terror campaign'
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Coke sued over death squad claims
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Demandan a Coca Cola por contratar a "paras"
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Colombian union suing Coca-Cola in death squad case
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Coca-Cola rechaza acusaciones sobre nexos con paramilitares
Available languages: español
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Union Carbide/Dow lawsuit (re Bhopal, filed in the US)
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Will merger deal allow Dow to evade their toxic liabilities in Bhopal?
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Union Carbide Corp. Not Liable for Property Damage From 1984 Bhopal Leak
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Victims of 1984 Bhopal gas disaster in India ask US court to reconsider decision rejecting Union Carbide’s liability for clean-up
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Court Rules that Union Carbide Can't Be Sued for Ongoing Pollution in Bhopal
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SUMMARY ORDER: 14-3087-cv Sahu v. Union Carbide Corp.
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Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses - A Guide for Victims and NGOs on Recourse Mechanisms
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Bhopal gas tragedy victims press on with appeal arguments in US
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À Bhopal, l'ombre du désastre plane encore
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Bhopal gas tragedy victims appeal to higher U.S. court
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Nearing the 30th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, pollution victims ask U.S. Appeals Court to hold Union Carbide accountable
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Despite evidence that Union Carbide directly oversaw construction of its notorious plant in Bhopal, India, U.S. court denies justice to victims of pollution
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U.S. court rules in favour of Union Carbide
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[PDF] Jagarnath Sahu v. Union Carbide Corporation
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Financial power: Behind the lack of remedy for corporations’ human rights abuses
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[PDF] Injustice Incorporated: Corporate Abuses and the Human Right to Remedy
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The Bhopal tragedy: 30 years of injustice for victims and survivors : Amnesty International written statement to the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council (3 – 28 March 2014)
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[PDF] Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Bulletin – Issue 10, Sep 2013
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Bhopal gas tragedy: US court rejects case against Union Carbide [India]
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[PDF] Sahu v. Union Carbide Corporation, Warren Anderson - Summary Order
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Union Carbide Wins Dismissal of Suit Over Bhopal Plant [India]
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Updated version: Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses: A Guide for Victims and NGOs on Recourse Mechanisms
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[PDF] Corporate Liability of Energy/Natural Resources Companies at National Law for Breach of International Human Rights Norms
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Supreme Court to Review 1996 Decision to Lessen Bhopal Gas Tragedy Charges
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Responsibilities Beyond Borders
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[PDF] Think globally, sue locally: Out-of-court tactics employed by plaintiffs, their lawyers, and their advocates in transnational tort cases
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[audio] Bhopal - An Enduring Tragedy
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[audio] Globalising justice
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Dow runs scared from water
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Bhopal church leaders applaud U.S. efforts for 1984 disaster victims [India]
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Bhopal victims lobby US Congress for action [India]
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Bhopal residents bring MIC [methyl isocyanate] warnings [India / USA]
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US judge rejects mediation in Bhopal court case [USA]
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Sreelatha Menon:Time to bury the Bhopal tragedy ghost?
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Bhopal: hundreds of new victims are born each year
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[Comments by Indra Sinha on the sequence of events leading to the Bhopal disaster]
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Hold Dow responsible for Bhopal gas tragedy: US senators
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Dow response to Business & Human Rights Resource Centre regarding concerns raised by Amnesty International USA related to Bhopal
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[PDF] Amnesty Intl. USA letter to US Securities & Exchange Commission re: Dow Chemical and Bhopal as investment impediment in India
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Dow Chemical Investors Message to Management: PR Campaign Cannot Gloss Over Suffering of 100,000 People in Bhopal with No Acknowledgment of Corporate Responsibility
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US Court Turns Down Bhopal Clean-Up Plea
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[PDF] Investors Challenge Dow Chemical Management on the Worst Chemical Disaster in History
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Congress lawmakers file amicus brief on Bhopal disaster
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Bhopal Tragedy Victims' Battle Rages On
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Dow Chemical Shareholders' Message to Management: Address Specific Health, Environmental and Social Concerns of Bhopal, India survivors
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Liability Forges a New Morality
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: 'The taxpayer is going to pay' [India]
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Corporate Responsibility Twenty Years On [India]
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[PDF] 20 Years After Bhopal: Multinationals and Human Rights-Free Zones [scroll to pg. 5]
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[PDF] Speech of Rachna Dhingra, International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, India at the Public Eye on Davos 2005
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Jurisdiction issues in a shrinking world
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Elusive Justice - a symposium on the Bhopal gas disaster after twenty years
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full report: "Clouds of injustice - Bhopal disaster 20 years on"
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For [Bhopal] gas victims, justice came very late
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[PDF] full report: "In Our Court: ATCA, Sosa and the Triumph of Human Rights"
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[DOC] Corporate Social Responsibility: The International Aspects
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Analysis: Is trying to kill the Alien Tort Claims Act digging for fool’s gold?
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Recent ATCA Cases Against Corporate Defendants
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Bhopal Amicus
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Dow Chemical Continues to Deny Legal Responsibility for Bhopal Disaster Victims - Investors Call on Dow to Address Environmental, Social and Health Concerns of Survivors
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Bhopal.Net
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US Congressmen ask Dow to help Bhopal gas victims
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Bhopal Gas Victims to File Appeal in US Court
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USA: Judge Tosses Bhopal Lawsuit
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Fresh evidence on Bhopal disaster
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Years pass, but tears still flow in India's Bhopal
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Shadows of 'that night': the struggle for justice for Bhopal
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Survivors of Bhopal deadly chemical disaster overshadow Dow annual meeting
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Dow Shall Be Liable [India]
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The Winds Of Liability in Bhopal [India]
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Bhopal's Legacy
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Toxic Bhopal water delivered to Dow Chemicals [India]
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Litigation Update: A Summary of Recent Developments in U.S. Cases Brought Under the Alien Tort Claims Act and Torture Protection Act
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Book review/summary of The Uncertain Promise of Law: Lessons from Bhopal
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