‘The Party Is Over’

Commentary: The Legal Case Map, a key resource for firms' human rights & modern slavery risk management

Data:: 19 Apr 2017
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[PDF] The Third Pillar: Access to Judicial Remedies for Human Rights Violations by Transnational Business

Data:: 18 Dic 2016
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New Report Examines Evolution and Future of Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts

Data:: 1 Ott 2013
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Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking: Is Business Ready to Face Up to It?

Data:: 14 Gen 2013
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Alien Tort Backup Plan

Data:: 1 Gen 2013
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[PDF] Investor Statement for Human Rights and in Support of the U.S. Alien Tort Statute

Data:: 2 Ott 2012
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[PDF] Submission on Oil & Gas sector discussion paper

Data:: 30 Giu 2012
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Another Supreme Court boost for corporate unaccountability?

Data:: 13 Mar 2012
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Cuando el gran dinero choca con los derechos humanos [USA]

Data:: 28 Feb 2012
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When big business and human rights collide

Data:: 26 Feb 2012
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Corporate Accountability Now

Data:: 21 Feb 2012
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[PDF] Corporate Liability of Energy/Natural Resources Companies at National Law for Breach of International Human Rights Norms

Data:: 31 Dic 2011
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Free Burma: Transnational Legal Action and Corporate Accountability [book]

Data:: 1 Mag 2011
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Better Safe than Sorry

Data:: 1 Feb 2011
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Trial trails: An American court blocks human-rights suits against businesses

Data:: 7 Ott 2010
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Shortening the Long Arm of the Law [USA]

Data:: 7 Ott 2010
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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

Data:: 31 Mag 2010
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ERI Submits Reports to the U.N. on U.S. Corporate Accountability and Human Rights Litigation

Data:: 19 Apr 2010
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[PDF] Stakeholder Submission on United States Obligations to Respect, Protect and Remedy Human Rights in the Context of Business Activities

Data:: 19 Apr 2010
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[PDF] Universal Periodic Review – United States of America Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Data:: 19 Apr 2010
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[PDF] Human Rights Due Diligence: Is It Too Risky? [scroll to p. 6]

Data:: 1 Gen 2010
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[audio] Globalising justice

Data:: 1 Dic 2009
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[PDF] Special event: Martyn Day & Paul Hoffman speaking on “Human rights lawsuits against companies – our experiences with victims, their families and businesspeople” (London, 3 Dec 2009)

Data:: 28 Set 2009
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[PDF] Getting it Wrong: Flawed "Corporate Social Responsibility" and Misrepresentations Surrounding Total and Chevron's Yadana Gas Pipeline in Military-Ruled Burma (Myanmar)

Data:: 1 Set 2009
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[PDF] Total Impact: The Human Rights, Environmental, and Financial Impacts of Total and Chevron's Yadana Gas Project in Military-Ruled Burma (Myanmar)

Data:: 1 Set 2009
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Human rights abuses: How complicit are oil companies?

Data:: 29 Giu 2009
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Lawsuits target oil company operations overseas

Data:: 3 Giu 2009
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Old law exhumed by fighters for human rights [USA]

Data:: 25 Mag 2009
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Oil Industry Braces for Trial on Rights Abuses

Data:: 21 Mag 2009
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ERI Speaks to Oil Industry: New Investment in Military-Ruled Burma Poses Huge Risks to Companies

Data:: 28 Apr 2009
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[PDF] Obstacles to Justice and Redress for Victims of Corporate Human Rights Abuse

Data:: 2 Nov 2008
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[PDF] Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses

Data:: 1 Nov 2008
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Open Wounds - Big Oil and Big Mining face a host of allegations that they helped commit human rights abuses

Data:: 30 Set 2008
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Bad Business: Why Companies Shouldn't Trade with Abusive Regimes

Data:: 30 Apr 2008
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Watchdog group says Chevron complicit in Myanmar

Data:: 29 Apr 2008
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Report: Chevron financing, profiting from and liable for human rights abuses in Burma (Myanmar)

Data:: 29 Apr 2008
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Corporate Operations in Burma Fuel Human Rights Abuses, Say Shareowner Activists

Data:: 26 Ott 2007
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Analysis: Gas, oil get Myanmar off hook

Data:: 27 Set 2007
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United States: Corporate Liability For Human Rights Abuses Goes On Trial

Data:: 23 Lug 2007
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Hey, We Just Fly the Planes [Alien Tort Claims Act & Valuation of Companies]

Data:: 11 Giu 2007
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United States: The Bottom Line - Corporate Social Responsibility Works, And Progressives Shouldn’t Abandon It

Data:: 12 Apr 2007
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Burma: Natural Gas Project Threatens Human Rights - South Korean, Indian Investments May Lead to Complicity in Abuses

Data:: 24 Mar 2007
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[PDF] Prepared Remarks at Clifford Chance

Data:: 19 Feb 2007
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11th Circuit Asked to Clarify Corporate Liability [USA]

Data:: 30 Ott 2006
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The UN Human Rights Norms for Corporations: The Private Implications of Public International Law

Data:: 28 Ott 2006
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Oil Companies Revamp Ethical Plans as Legal Risk Grows

Data:: 13 Ott 2006
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Global Lawyer: The Death of Alien Tort

Data:: 1 Ott 2006
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[PDF] full report: "The International Law Standard for Corporate Aiding and Abetting Liability"

Data:: 1 Lug 2006
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[PDF] full report: "Supply and Command - Natural Gas in Western Burma set to entrench military rule"

Data:: 1 Lug 2006
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[PDF] Win or Lose in Court

Data:: 20 Giu 2006
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Court Denies Unocal's Efforts to Shift Responsibility for Human Rights Abuses [in Burma] to its Insurers

Data:: 14 Giu 2006
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Total Denial

Data:: 10 Giu 2006
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[PDF] Order denying Unocal’s motion for partial summary judgment regarding Lexington’s defense of concealment

Data:: 5 Giu 2006
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Ominous Outlook for the UN Norms

Data:: 22 Mar 2006
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Mapping out the way ahead for business and human rights

Data:: 12 Mar 2006
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«Les Etats ne sont pas les seuls responsables des violations des droits humains»

Data:: 12 Mar 2006
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Understanding corporate complicity: Extending the notion beyond existing laws [speech by Irene Khan, Amnesty International, to Business & Human Rights Seminar, London, Dec 2005]

Data:: 8 Mar 2006
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[PDF] Corporate Action Network Magazine

Data:: 1 Mar 2006
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Defining Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses

Data:: 22 Feb 2006
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[PDF] Rapport intérimaire du Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général chargé de la question des droits de l'homme et des sociétés transnationales et autres entreprises

Data:: 22 Feb 2006
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[PDF] Informe provisional del Representante Especial del Secretario General sobre la cuestión de los derechos humanos y las empresas transnacionales y otras empresas comerciales

Data:: 22 Feb 2006
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Interim report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

Data:: 22 Feb 2006
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Going Nowhere

Data:: 23 Gen 2006
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[PDF] Presentación Conjunta de ONG - Consulta Sobre Derechos Humanos y la Industria Extractiva

Data:: 9 Dic 2005
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[PDF] Présentation Conjointe D’Ong - Consultation sur les droits de l’homme et l’industrie extractive

Data:: 9 Dic 2005
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[PDF] Joint NGO Submission, Consultation on Human Rights and the Extractive Industry

Data:: 9 Dic 2005
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[DOC] Remarks by John G. Ruggie - Business & Human Rights Seminar - Old Billingsgate, London, December 8, 2005

Data:: 8 Dic 2005
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Senator Feinstein's Now-Withdrawn Statute Limiting Non-Citizens' Tort Claims: How Would It Have Affected Abu-Ghraib-Related Civil Suits and Other Similar Civil Actions?

Data:: 31 Ott 2005
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[PDF] L'Alien Tort Claims Act [ATCA, Etats-Unis]: une possibilité intéressante mais menacée

Data:: 30 Ott 2005
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The story you haven't heard about ... The Yadana Project in Myanmar

Data:: 3 Ott 2005
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Historic Advance for Universal Human Rights: Unocal to Compensate Burmese Villagers

Data:: 3 Ott 2005
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[DOC] Regulations for Corporations: A historical account of TNC regulation

Data:: 1 Ott 2005
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[PDF] The Unocal Settlement: Implications for the Developing Law on Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses

Data:: 21 Set 2005
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Wrangle Prolongs Allocation of Unocal Payout

Data:: 17 Ago 2005
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Lack of Human Rights Policy Concerns Chevron Shareowners in Light of Unocal Merger

Data:: 16 Ago 2005
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Tentative Settlement of ATCA [Alien Tort Claims Act] Human Rights Suits Against Unocal

Data:: 24 Lug 2005
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Pirates of the Corporation - Holding American companies responsible for high crimes committed overseas

Data:: 30 Giu 2005
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ChevronTexaco critics band together

Data:: 27 Apr 2005
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A Big Win for Human Rights

Data:: 21 Apr 2005
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Belgium to reopen rights probe on Total in Myanmar

Data:: 14 Apr 2005
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Statement of EarthRights International Regarding ChevronTexaco’s Acquisition of Unocal

Data:: 11 Apr 2005
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ChevronTexaco Seen Selling Unocal Myanmar Assets [scroll down]

Data:: 8 Apr 2005
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The story you haven't heard about... The Activists' Lawsuits

Data:: 4 Apr 2005
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Common Questions and Answers for ERI [EarthRights International, regarding settlement with Unocal regarding Burma]

Data:: 2 Apr 2005
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U.S.: Rights Advocates Hail 'Landmark' Settlement With American Corporation

Data:: 24 Mar 2005
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Unocal settlement with Myanmar villagers finalised

Data:: 22 Mar 2005
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The Arm of the Law gets Longer

Data:: 14 Mar 2005
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Las multinacionales y los derechos humanos

Data:: 7 Mar 2005
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Discussing corporate injustice

Data:: 31 Gen 2005
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The limits of human rights legislation [USA]

Data:: 19 Gen 2005
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Gas Deal Wins Kudos, But Activists Warn of Rights Abuses [Burma]

Data:: 18 Gen 2005
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Unocal Announces It Will Settle A Human Rights Suit: What Is the Real Story Behind Its Decision?

Data:: 10 Gen 2005
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Paying For It - Doing business with regimes may cost American companies cash as well as goodwill

Data:: 18 Dic 2004
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Foreign crimes come home to the US

Data:: 15 Dic 2004
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Unocal to Settle Lawsuits Over Myanmar Abuse

Data:: 13 Dic 2004
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Unocal settles Burma human rights cases

Data:: 13 Dic 2004
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Unocal strikes deal with Myanmar villagers over alleged use of slave labour

Data:: 13 Dic 2004
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Settlement in works over human rights case involving Unocal

Data:: 13 Dic 2004
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Settlement reached in human rights lawsuit [Burma/USA]

Data:: 13 Dic 2004
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[PDF] executive summary: "Business and International Crimes: Assessing the Liability of Business Entities for Grave Violations of International Law"

Data:: 30 Nov 2004
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[PDF] The Changing Landscape of Liability - A Director’s Guide to Trends in Corporate Environmental, Social and Economic Liability

Data:: 30 Nov 2004
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Human rights: Can multinationals be held accountable?

Data:: 20 Nov 2004
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Total en Birmanie: Affaire Classée

Data:: 10 Nov 2004
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[PDF] Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence [OGEL] - Special Feature on Corporate Social Responsibility

Data:: 1 Ott 2004
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[PDF] Oil and Human Rights

Data:: 1 Ott 2004
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Unocal decision impacts Shell, Coca-Cola, Exxon [part of ExxonMobil] and Gap

Data:: 18 Set 2004
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Slavery Suit Will Go Forward [USA/Burma]

Data:: 15 Set 2004
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The questions over aiding and abetting

Data:: 1 Ago 2004
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[PDF] REO Report 2nd Quarter 2004

Data:: 1 Ago 2004
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U.S. Courts Tackle Foreign Abuses - Energy corporations question 'law of nations'

Data:: 26 Lug 2004
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Human Rights and the Court [USA]

Data:: 3 Lug 2004
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[PDF] full report: "In Our Court: ATCA, Sosa and the Triumph of Human Rights"

Data:: 30 Giu 2004
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Human Rights Abuses Worldwide Are Held to Fall Under U.S. Courts

Data:: 30 Giu 2004
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Supreme Court: Foreign Victims of Abuse May Sue in US

Data:: 30 Giu 2004
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New limits on overseas companies' lawsuits [ATCA lawsuits in U.S. courts alleging human rights abuses by companies]

Data:: 29 Giu 2004
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USA: Core Principles of Alien Tort Claims Act Upheld - Foreign Victims of Human Rights Abuses Preserve Access to US Courts

Data:: 29 Giu 2004
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ATCA Lives!

Data:: 29 Giu 2004
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States and Corporations: Legal Responsibilities to the People

Data:: 31 Mag 2004
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Analysis: Is trying to kill the Alien Tort Claims Act digging for fool’s gold?

Data:: 13 Mag 2004
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Rights and wrongs

Data:: 5 Mag 2004
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Human Rights and the Oil and Gas Industry An IPIECA [Intl. Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association] Status Report, May 2004

Data:: 1 Mag 2004
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Big Business Attacks ATCA in New York Times; ERI's Rebuttal

Data:: 12 Apr 2004
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Recent ATCA Cases Against Corporate Defendants

Data:: 8 Mar 2004
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Law and disorder, corporate style

Data:: 1 Mar 2004
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Myanmar: Cheers, jeers over giant gas find

Data:: 14 Feb 2004
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Courting Responsibility

Data:: 10 Feb 2004
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La justice exonère Unocal, poursuivi pour violations des droits de l'homme

Data:: 23 Gen 2004
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Judge: Unocal not liable for claims

Data:: 23 Gen 2004
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L.A. judge to issue oral ruling on Unocal's liability in human rights case

Data:: 22 Gen 2004
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Out of Burma: Grassroots Activism Forces Multinationals to End Ties with the Burmese Dictatorship

Data:: 1 Gen 2004
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Judgment day - Will an obscure law bring down the global economy?

Data:: 28 Dic 2003
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El grupo petrolero estadounidense Unocal, acusado de violar los derechos humanos

Data:: 9 Dic 2003
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Human rights trial over Unocal project in Myanmar opens in L.A.

Data:: 9 Dic 2003
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[PDF] Background: The Yadana Pipeline and Activist Lawsuits

Data:: 2 Dic 2003
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[PDF] Summaries of Presentations Made at the UNRISD Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility and Development: Towards a New Agenda? 17 November 2003 - 18 November 2003 Salle XVI, Palais des Nations, Geneva

Data:: 1 Dic 2003
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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

Data:: 24 Nov 2003
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[PDF] Community redress and multinational enterprises

Data:: 31 Ott 2003
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Un ancien dirigeant de Total Birmanie entendu par un juge français

Data:: 2 Ott 2003
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California, New York financial chiefs pressure Unocal to pull operations from Myanmar

Data:: 3 Set 2003
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Multinationals and accountability

Data:: 19 Ago 2003
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The Court of Last Resort

Data:: 7 Ago 2003
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Unocal Penalized for Tardy Documents

Data:: 7 Ago 2003
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U.S. Courts' role in foreign feuds comes under fire

Data:: 3 Ago 2003
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[PDF] Emerging Threat: Human Rights Claims

Data:: 1 Ago 2003
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Unocal on trial for Burma 'abuses'

Data:: 1 Ago 2003
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Judge rejects Unocal attempt to avoid California law

Data:: 31 Lug 2003
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Wrong on rights

Data:: 18 Lug 2003
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Laws of Empire

Data:: 7 Lug 2003
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Profits at Gunpoint

Data:: 30 Giu 2003
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Rights Groups Overseas Fight U.S. Concerns in U.S. Courts

Data:: 26 Giu 2003
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Plaintiffs' Representatives Confident after Unocal Hearing [in U.S. court]

Data:: 17 Giu 2003
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Appeals court [in USA] reconsiders if Unocal can be sued for atrocities [in Burma]

Data:: 17 Giu 2003
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Court Ponders if U.S. Firm [Unocal] Liable for Abuse Abroad

Data:: 17 Giu 2003
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Court Is Villagers' Only Hope

Data:: 9 Giu 2003
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Ashcroft Sides with Torturers: Unocal and the Crimes of Burma

Data:: 7 Giu 2003
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U.S. Court To Review Unocal Myanmar Brutality Suit

Data:: 6 Giu 2003
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A Needed Human Rights Law [USA]

Data:: 2 Giu 2003
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White House Seeks to Curb Rights Cases From Abroad: U.S. Fears Effect On Diplomatic Ties

Data:: 30 Mag 2003
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U.S.: Ashcroft Attacks Human Rights Law - Justice Dept. Undermining Key Precedent

Data:: 15 Mag 2003
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U.S. Justice Department’s amicus curae brief in case of Doe v. Unocal

Data:: 8 Mag 2003
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Oil Companies being sued

Data:: 4 Apr 2003
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Legal case for doing the right thing

Data:: 31 Mar 2003
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Appellate court ruling means potential trial for Unocal over Myanmar project

Data:: 29 Mar 2003
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[PDF] Legal Issues in Corporate Citizenship

Data:: 31 Gen 2003
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Recent court decision could further isolate Burma

Data:: 26 Set 2002
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Plaintiffs Win Ninth Circuit Victory over Unocal

Data:: 18 Set 2002
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Court Tells Unocal to Face Rights Charges

Data:: 18 Set 2002
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Unocal must face trial in Myanmar human rights suit

Data:: 18 Set 2002
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Judge Lets Unocal Ask State Dept. to Intervene in Myanmar Lawsuit

Data:: 9 Ago 2002
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Unocal wants government to quash labour lawsuit

Data:: 9 Ago 2002
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A Long Way to Find Justice: What Are Burmese Villagers Doing in a California Court?

Data:: 14 Lug 2002
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Internationally Binding Legislation and Litigation for the Enforcement of Labour Rights

Data:: 26 Giu 2002
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Corporate Human Rights [human rights lawsuits agains multinationals in U.S. courts]

Data:: 26 Giu 2002
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Data:: 21 Giu 2002
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Bad business in Burma

Data:: 16 Giu 2002
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U.S. firms face suits for overseas acts

Data:: 15 Giu 2002
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Unocal to Face Suit on Human Rights

Data:: 12 Giu 2002
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Unocal Faces Trial For Rights Abuses

Data:: 12 Giu 2002
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Judge OKs Unocal Abuse Lawsuit

Data:: 11 Giu 2002
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Unocal Will Stand Trial Over Myanmar Venture

Data:: 11 Giu 2002
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Doe v. Unocal: Forced Labor and Corporate Liability [Burma]

Data:: 1 Gen 2002
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Recent ILRF [International Labor Rights Fund] Cases to Enforce Human Rights Under the ATCA

Data:: 1 Dic 2001
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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

Data:: 30 Nov 2001
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Unocal closer to trial over human rights violations

Data:: 8 Set 2001
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Burmese workers suing Unocal in Los Angeles will have their day in court

Data:: 30 Ago 2001
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Claim Against Unocal Rejected

Data:: 8 Set 2000
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Liability of Multinational Corporations under International Law

Data:: 1 Gen 2000
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‘The Party Is Over’

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Burma: Boston Globe editorial on lawsuit against Unocal for human rights abuses perpetrated by its military partners in gas pipeline project

‘The Party Is Over’

Bad business in Burma

Unocal to Face Suit on Human Rights

Unocal Will Stand Trial Over Myanmar Venture

Judge OKs Unocal Abuse Lawsuit

Unocal lawsuit (re Myanmar)

Commentary: The Legal Case Map, a key resource for firms' human rights & modern slavery risk management

[PDF] The Third Pillar: Access to Judicial Remedies for Human Rights Violations by Transnational Business

New Report Examines Evolution and Future of Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts

Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking: Is Business Ready to Face Up to It?

Alien Tort Backup Plan

[PDF] Investor Statement for Human Rights and in Support of the U.S. Alien Tort Statute

[PDF] Submission on Oil & Gas sector discussion paper

Another Supreme Court boost for corporate unaccountability?

Cuando el gran dinero choca con los derechos humanos [USA]

When big business and human rights collide

Corporate Accountability Now

[PDF] Corporate Liability of Energy/Natural Resources Companies at National Law for Breach of International Human Rights Norms

Free Burma: Transnational Legal Action and Corporate Accountability [book]

Better Safe than Sorry

Trial trails: An American court blocks human-rights suits against businesses

Shortening the Long Arm of the Law [USA]

[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] Universal Periodic Review – United States of America Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

[PDF] Human Rights Due Diligence: Is It Too Risky? [scroll to p. 6]

[audio] Globalising justice

[PDF] Special event: Martyn Day & Paul Hoffman speaking on “Human rights lawsuits against companies – our experiences with victims, their families and businesspeople” (London, 3 Dec 2009)

[PDF] Getting it Wrong: Flawed "Corporate Social Responsibility" and Misrepresentations Surrounding Total and Chevron's Yadana Gas Pipeline in Military-Ruled Burma (Myanmar)

[PDF] Total Impact: The Human Rights, Environmental, and Financial Impacts of Total and Chevron's Yadana Gas Project in Military-Ruled Burma (Myanmar)

Human rights abuses: How complicit are oil companies?

Lawsuits target oil company operations overseas

Old law exhumed by fighters for human rights [USA]

Oil Industry Braces for Trial on Rights Abuses

ERI Speaks to Oil Industry: New Investment in Military-Ruled Burma Poses Huge Risks to Companies

[PDF] Obstacles to Justice and Redress for Victims of Corporate Human Rights Abuse

[PDF] Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses

Open Wounds - Big Oil and Big Mining face a host of allegations that they helped commit human rights abuses

Bad Business: Why Companies Shouldn't Trade with Abusive Regimes

Watchdog group says Chevron complicit in Myanmar

Report: Chevron financing, profiting from and liable for human rights abuses in Burma (Myanmar)

Corporate Operations in Burma Fuel Human Rights Abuses, Say Shareowner Activists

Analysis: Gas, oil get Myanmar off hook

United States: Corporate Liability For Human Rights Abuses Goes On Trial

Hey, We Just Fly the Planes [Alien Tort Claims Act & Valuation of Companies]

United States: The Bottom Line - Corporate Social Responsibility Works, And Progressives Shouldn’t Abandon It

Burma: Natural Gas Project Threatens Human Rights - South Korean, Indian Investments May Lead to Complicity in Abuses

[PDF] Prepared Remarks at Clifford Chance

11th Circuit Asked to Clarify Corporate Liability [USA]

The UN Human Rights Norms for Corporations: The Private Implications of Public International Law

Oil Companies Revamp Ethical Plans as Legal Risk Grows

Global Lawyer: The Death of Alien Tort

[PDF] full report: "The International Law Standard for Corporate Aiding and Abetting Liability"

[PDF] full report: "Supply and Command - Natural Gas in Western Burma set to entrench military rule"

[PDF] Win or Lose in Court

Court Denies Unocal's Efforts to Shift Responsibility for Human Rights Abuses [in Burma] to its Insurers

Total Denial

[PDF] Order denying Unocal’s motion for partial summary judgment regarding Lexington’s defense of concealment

Ominous Outlook for the UN Norms

Mapping out the way ahead for business and human rights

«Les Etats ne sont pas les seuls responsables des violations des droits humains»

Understanding corporate complicity: Extending the notion beyond existing laws [speech by Irene Khan, Amnesty International, to Business & Human Rights Seminar, London, Dec 2005]

[PDF] Corporate Action Network Magazine

Defining Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses

[PDF] Rapport intérimaire du Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général chargé de la question des droits de l'homme et des sociétés transnationales et autres entreprises

[PDF] Informe provisional del Representante Especial del Secretario General sobre la cuestión de los derechos humanos y las empresas transnacionales y otras empresas comerciales

Interim report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

Going Nowhere

[PDF] Presentación Conjunta de ONG - Consulta Sobre Derechos Humanos y la Industria Extractiva

[PDF] Présentation Conjointe D’Ong - Consultation sur les droits de l’homme et l’industrie extractive

[PDF] Joint NGO Submission, Consultation on Human Rights and the Extractive Industry

[DOC] Remarks by John G. Ruggie - Business & Human Rights Seminar - Old Billingsgate, London, December 8, 2005

Senator Feinstein's Now-Withdrawn Statute Limiting Non-Citizens' Tort Claims: How Would It Have Affected Abu-Ghraib-Related Civil Suits and Other Similar Civil Actions?

[PDF] L'Alien Tort Claims Act [ATCA, Etats-Unis]: une possibilité intéressante mais menacée

The story you haven't heard about ... The Yadana Project in Myanmar