Firestone: Helping or hurting Liberians?

While I'm sure Dave Zirin's concern for the people of Liberia is sincere, his recent opinion piece regarding Firestone Natural Rubber operations contains a host of unfounded allegations and paints an unfair picture of the situation in Liberia. It is important to set the record straight...

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Concerns raised over Firestone's sponsorship of US Super Bowl given alleged labour & environmental abuses in Liberia

Firestone chief fires back

Fecha:

31 Ene 2008

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
[scroll down] Firestone's corporate spin - Official policy doesn't match plantation reality

Fecha:

29 Ene 2008

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Firestone: Helping or hurting Liberians?

Fecha:

29 Ene 2008

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Is the NFL on the right team?

Fecha:

20 Ene 2008

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English

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Firestone lawsuit (re Liberia)

[PDF] Out of Bounds - Accountability for Corporate Human Rights Abuse After Kiobel

Fecha:

30 Sep 2013

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Corporate liability for violating international law under The Alien Tort Statute: The corporation through the lens of globalization and privatization

Fecha:

10 Jul 2013

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
[PDF] Corporate Liability in a New Setting: Shell & the Changing Legal Landscape for the Multinational Oil Industry in the Niger Delta

Fecha:

10 Dic 2012

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Corporate liability under Alien Tort Statute: Don't elevate form over substance

Fecha:

26 Sep 2011

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Supreme Court May Consider Whether Companies Can Be Sued Over Human Rights [USA]

Fecha:

10 Ago 2011

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
[PDF] Exaggerated rumours of the death of an Alien tort? Corporations, human rights and the remarkable case of Kiobel

Fecha:

1 Ago 2011

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
The Global Lawyer: Corporate Alien Tort Rouses from Its Deathbed

Fecha:

18 Jul 2011

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Firestone wins Liberian child labor case in US

Fecha:

13 Jul 2011

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Victims and courts fight to hold corporations accountable for human rights abuses, challenging Kiobel [USA]

Fecha:

10 Jun 2011

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
[PDF] “Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Corp. y los litigios transnacionales sobre derechos humanos”

Fecha:

1 Ene 2011

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo
Kiobel's first victim: Flomo v. Firestone

Fecha:

5 Oct 2010

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
[PDF] Think globally, sue locally: Out-of-court tactics employed by plaintiffs, their lawyers, and their advocates in transnational tort cases

Fecha:

31 May 2010

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
ERI Submits Reports to the U.N. on U.S. Corporate Accountability and Human Rights Litigation

Fecha:

19 Abr 2010

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
[PDF] Stakeholder Submission on United States Obligations to Respect, Protect and Remedy Human Rights in the Context of Business Activities

Fecha:

19 Abr 2010

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
[PDF] Business & Human Rights Resource Centre launches world’s first online portal profiling human rights lawsuits against companies

Fecha:

28 Oct 2008

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
[scroll down] Firestone's corporate spin - Official policy doesn't match plantation reality

Fecha:

29 Ene 2008

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Firestone: Helping or hurting Liberians?

Fecha:

29 Ene 2008

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Is the NFL on the right team?

Fecha:

20 Ene 2008

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Liberia's Supreme Court Recognizes New Firestone Workers' Union Leadership

Fecha:

24 Dic 2007

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Don't Be Dubbed a Human Rights Abuser

Fecha:

22 Oct 2007

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Mittal Steel did the right thing – will Firestone? [Liberia]

Fecha:

30 Abr 2007

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
[video] Firestone Liberia - Al Jazeera (Part 1 & Part 2) [scroll down]

Fecha:

14 Mar 2007

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Firestone's Liberian base called a 'gulag'

Fecha:

31 Dic 2006

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Rubber plantation workers strike over conditions, pay, child labour [Liberia]

Fecha:

10 Feb 2006

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Alien Tort Claims Act Lawsuit Alleges Slavery and Child Labor on Liberian Firestone Plantation

Fecha:

30 Dic 2005

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Workers talk of hardship at Liberia's Firestone

Fecha:

8 Dic 2005

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English
Labour group sues Bridgestone on Liberia rubber plantation

Fecha:

18 Nov 2005

Tipo de contenido:

Artículo

Idiomas disponibles: English

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Firestone: Helping or hurting Liberians?

Parte de las siguientes historias

Concerns raised over Firestone's sponsorship of US Super Bowl given alleged labour & environmental abuses in Liberia

Firestone chief fires back

[scroll down] Firestone's corporate spin - Official policy doesn't match plantation reality

Firestone: Helping or hurting Liberians?

Is the NFL on the right team?

Firestone lawsuit (re Liberia)

[PDF] Out of Bounds - Accountability for Corporate Human Rights Abuse After Kiobel

Corporate liability for violating international law under The Alien Tort Statute: The corporation through the lens of globalization and privatization

[PDF] Corporate Liability in a New Setting: Shell & the Changing Legal Landscape for the Multinational Oil Industry in the Niger Delta

Corporate liability under Alien Tort Statute: Don't elevate form over substance

Supreme Court May Consider Whether Companies Can Be Sued Over Human Rights [USA]

[PDF] Exaggerated rumours of the death of an Alien tort? Corporations, human rights and the remarkable case of Kiobel

The Global Lawyer: Corporate Alien Tort Rouses from Its Deathbed

Firestone wins Liberian child labor case in US

Victims and courts fight to hold corporations accountable for human rights abuses, challenging Kiobel [USA]

[PDF] “Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Corp. y los litigios transnacionales sobre derechos humanos”

Kiobel's first victim: Flomo v. Firestone

[PDF] Think globally, sue locally: Out-of-court tactics employed by plaintiffs, their lawyers, and their advocates in transnational tort cases

ERI Submits Reports to the U.N. on U.S. Corporate Accountability and Human Rights Litigation

[PDF] Stakeholder Submission on United States Obligations to Respect, Protect and Remedy Human Rights in the Context of Business Activities

[PDF] Business & Human Rights Resource Centre launches world’s first online portal profiling human rights lawsuits against companies

[scroll down] Firestone's corporate spin - Official policy doesn't match plantation reality

Firestone: Helping or hurting Liberians?

Is the NFL on the right team?

Liberia's Supreme Court Recognizes New Firestone Workers' Union Leadership

Don't Be Dubbed a Human Rights Abuser

Mittal Steel did the right thing – will Firestone? [Liberia]

[video] Firestone Liberia - Al Jazeera (Part 1 & Part 2) [scroll down]

Firestone's Liberian base called a 'gulag'

Rubber plantation workers strike over conditions, pay, child labour [Liberia]

Alien Tort Claims Act Lawsuit Alleges Slavery and Child Labor on Liberian Firestone Plantation

Workers talk of hardship at Liberia's Firestone

Labour group sues Bridgestone on Liberia rubber plantation