U.S. Moves to Block Human-Rights Lawsuit Against Exxon Mobil

Indonesia: After two decades, ExxonMobil settles case of alleged human rights abuses including torture brought by Aceh villagers

Data:: 16 Mag 2023
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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

Data:: 27 Lug 2022
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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

Data:: 25 Apr 2022
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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

Data:: 3 Gen 2022
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Exxon Human Rights Case Survives — on Claim that Execs Knew All Along

Data:: 21 Lug 2015
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Access to justice for victims of human rights abuses needs to be strengthened

Data:: 4 Dic 2014
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ExxonMobil Indonesian Villagers Human Rights Abuse Cases to Proceed in Federal Court

Data:: 25 Set 2014
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In Exxon suit, judge leaves opening for villagers

Data:: 25 Set 2014
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US federal appeals courts issue conflicting decisions regarding extraterritoriality in Alien Tort lawsuits against CACI & Chiquita

Data:: 29 Lug 2014
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[PDF] Out of Bounds - Accountability for Corporate Human Rights Abuse After Kiobel

Data:: 30 Set 2013
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Case profile: ExxonMobil lawsuit (re Aceh)

Data:: 12 Lug 2013
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Corporate liability for violating international law under The Alien Tort Statute: The corporation through the lens of globalization and privatization

Data:: 10 Lug 2013
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The Supreme Court: Corporate America's Employees of the Month

Data:: 27 Giu 2013
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Human rights violations can be costly for business

Data:: 14 Giu 2013
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[PDF] Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Bulletin – Issue 9, June 2013

Data:: 8 Giu 2013
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Companies Shielded as U.S. Court Cuts Human-Rights Suits

Data:: 17 Apr 2013
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Did ExxonMobil Pay Torturers?

Data:: 5 Ott 2012
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[PDF] Kiobel and Corporate Social Responsibility: An Issues Brief

Data:: 4 Set 2012
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In Kiobel filings, human rights group queries AG Holder conflicts

Data:: 17 Lug 2012
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[PDF] Submission on Oil & Gas sector discussion paper

Data:: 30 Giu 2012
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ExxonMobil CEO ignores Ground Zero of Energy Security

Data:: 29 Giu 2012
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Another Supreme Court boost for corporate unaccountability?

Data:: 13 Mar 2012
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Corporate liability under Alien Tort Statute: Don't elevate form over substance

Data:: 26 Set 2011
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[PDF] The Alien Tort Claims Act and Trans-Boundary Corporate Environmental Abuse: A Case Study of the Gulf Oil Spill

Data:: 31 Ago 2011
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Exxon Wants Rehearing In Corporate Liability Dispute [USA]

Data:: 10 Ago 2011
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Supreme Court May Consider Whether Companies Can Be Sued Over Human Rights [USA]

Data:: 10 Ago 2011
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UPDATE: ExxonMobil Selling Gas Assets At Center Of Indonesia Human-Rights Lawsuit

Data:: 8 Ago 2011
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The Global Lawyer: Corporate Alien Tort Rouses from Its Deathbed

Data:: 18 Lug 2011
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Appeals Court Revives Torture Claims Against Exxon [USA]

Data:: 8 Lug 2011
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Exxon Seeks Dismissal of Alien Tort Case Originating in Indonesia

Data:: 22 Feb 2011
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US Appeals Court Weighs Consequences of Indonesians' Lawsuit Against Exxon

Data:: 25 Gen 2011
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Shortening the Long Arm of the Law [USA]

Data:: 7 Ott 2010
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ERI Files Brief Supporting Indonesian Victims' Case Against ExxonMobil

Data:: 15 Set 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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[PDF] Launch of online portal on “Business, Conflict & Peace”

Data:: 31 Mag 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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Judge Dismisses Indonesians' Lawsuit Against Exxon

Data:: 30 Set 2009
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[PDF] John Doe VIII v. Exxon Mobil Corporation - Memorandum Opinion

Data:: 30 Set 2009
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ExxonMobil seeks to toss Indonesia suit

Data:: 27 Lug 2009
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Exxon Asks Judge to Dismiss Suit by Indonesian Villagers

Data:: 27 Lug 2009
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Human rights abuses: How complicit are oil companies?

Data:: 29 Giu 2009
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Shell settles human rights suit for $15.5M

Data:: 8 Giu 2009
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Lawsuits target oil company operations overseas

Data:: 3 Giu 2009
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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.

Data:: 26 Mag 2009
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Five Tips to Avoid the Human Rights Litigation Trap

Data:: 26 Mar 2009
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[PDF] Business & Human Rights Resource Centre launches world’s first online portal profiling human rights lawsuits against companies

Data:: 28 Ott 2008
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Exxon Human Rights abuse in Aceh

Data:: 3 Set 2008
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Judge Rejects Summary Judgment in Human Rights Lawsuit Against Exxon

Data:: 28 Ago 2008
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Exxon en procès pour torture

Data:: 28 Ago 2008
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[PDF] John Doe I, et al. v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al. - Memorandum & Opinion

Data:: 27 Ago 2008
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Human Rights Violations Suit Against Exxon Will Be Heard

Data:: 19 Ago 2008
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Exxon Loses Bid to Shield Information From Federal Court Records

Data:: 12 Ago 2008
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[PDF] John Doe, et al. v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al. - Memorandum Opinion

Data:: 11 Ago 2008
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Exxon deberá responder a acusaciones de violación de DDHH

Data:: 16 Giu 2008
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[US] Court rejects Exxon appeal in human rights case

Data:: 16 Giu 2008
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Droits de l'Homme : Exxon accusé

Data:: 16 Giu 2008
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To Avoid Risk of Alien Tort Claims Act Cases, Companies Must Improve Human Rights

Data:: 17 Ago 2007
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Alabama Company Is Exonerated in Murders at Colombian Mine

Data:: 27 Lug 2007
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Exxon faces lawsuit on killings in Indonesia [USA]

Data:: 17 Gen 2007
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Oil Companies Revamp Ethical Plans as Legal Risk Grows

Data:: 13 Ott 2006
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Why all companies should address human rights (and how the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre can help)

Data:: 31 Ago 2006
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BP, Suncor, and Shell Top Oil Sector Sustainability Rating; Chevron and ExxonMobil Rank Low

Data:: 1 Ago 2006
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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

Data:: 31 Lug 2006
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full report: "Too High a Price: The Human Rights Cost of the Indonesian Military’s Economic Activities"

Data:: 21 Giu 2006
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[PDF] Win or Lose in Court

Data:: 20 Giu 2006
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Stand up to rights abuse, Exxon tells executives

Data:: 24 Mag 2006
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ExxonMobil in Aceh

Data:: 17 Apr 2006
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Abuses by int'l firms in RI [Republic of Indonesia] to be raised with UN

Data:: 13 Mar 2006
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Exxon Mobil says Aceh torture lawsuit sets dangerous precedent

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

Data:: 1 Mar 2006
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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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Villagers' suit will be in a state court [USA]

Data:: 21 Ott 2005
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[DOC] Conférence de Wilton Park sur les entreprises et les droits de l’homme - Allocution inaugurale

Data:: 10 Ott 2005
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Liability Forges a New Morality

Data:: 3 Ago 2005
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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

Data:: 4 Mag 2005
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Proxy Statement - Item 6 – Aceh Security Report

Data:: 13 Apr 2005
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[PDF] Business befriends human rights

Data:: 1 Apr 2005
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U.S.: Rights Advocates Hail 'Landmark' Settlement With American Corporation

Data:: 24 Mar 2005
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The Business of Torture

Data:: 11 Mar 2005
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Advocates: Tsunami aid only part of picture

Data:: 25 Gen 2005
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Foreign crimes come home to the US

Data:: 15 Dic 2004
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Globalization Debate: Broken Promises Vs. Free Trade Mantra

Data:: 12 Dic 2004
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Human rights: Can multinationals be held accountable?

Data:: 20 Nov 2004
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[PDF] Oil and Human Rights

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

Data:: 18 Set 2004
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The questions over aiding and abetting

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

Data:: 30 Giu 2004
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States and Corporations: Legal Responsibilities to the People

Data:: 31 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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Courting Responsibility

Data:: 10 Feb 2004
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Human rights for all people for all times

Data:: 9 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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Multinationals and accountability

Data:: 19 Ago 2003
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U.S. Courts' role in foreign feuds comes under fire

Data:: 3 Ago 2003
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Laws of Empire

Data:: 7 Lug 2003
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A Needed Human Rights Law [USA]

Data:: 2 Giu 2003
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Oil and Human Rights - Environmental and Human Rights Impacts of the ONG Industry [oil & natural gas industry]

Data:: 1 Mar 2003
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ExxonMobil in Aceh [Indonesia]

Data:: 1 Feb 2003
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[PDF] Legal Issues in Corporate Citizenship

Data:: 31 Gen 2003
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Abuse of 18th Century Law Threatens U.S. Economic and Security Interests

Data:: 25 Gen 2003
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[PDF] Judging Corporate Accountability in theGlobal Economy

Data:: 31 Dic 2002
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Powell's Awkward Position [USA/Aceh-Indonesia]

Data:: 29 Ago 2002
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Letter to Secretary Powell [U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell] Regarding Aceh Lawsuit [Indonesia]

Data:: 26 Ago 2002
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Statement Regarding NGO Human Rights Lawsuit - Aceh, Indonesia

Data:: 13 Ago 2002
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U.S. Government Tries to Kill Human-Rights Case against ExxonMobil

Data:: 12 Ago 2002
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U.S. Backs Oil Giant on Lawsuit in Indonesia

Data:: 8 Ago 2002
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ExxonMobil Responds

Data:: 8 Ago 2002
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Groups Shocked as Officials Urge Judge to Back ExxonMobil

Data:: 8 Ago 2002
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ExxonMobil welcomes US backing on Aceh human rights lawsuit

Data:: 8 Ago 2002
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Text of the Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil: I [part 1 of 2]

Data:: 8 Ago 2002
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Individuals struggle to hold corporations accountable for abuses

Data:: 8 Ago 2002
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U.S./Indonesia: Bush Backtracks on Corporate Responsibility

Data:: 7 Ago 2002
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Data:: 6 Ago 2002
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US tries to halt rights suit against Exxon

Data:: 5 Ago 2002
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State Department Adopts "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" Stance in Case that Pits Indonesian Villagers Against Exxon Mobil

Data:: 2 Ago 2002
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full text of U.S. State Department letter: Text of State Department Opinion Regarding ExxonMobil Litigation

Data:: 29 Lug 2002
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Exxon Under Fire in Indonesia

Data:: 16 Lug 2002
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Indonesia's Guerrilla War Puts Exxon Under Siege

Data:: 14 Lug 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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ExxonMobil-Sponsored Terrorism?

Data:: 14 Giu 2002
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ExxonMobil Fights Indonesia Rights Suit

Data:: 30 Mag 2002
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Exxon Mobil under fire [Aceh]

Data:: 1 Feb 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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ExxonMobil's Troubled Relationship in Aceh

Data:: 19 Set 2001
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Aceh: Lawsuit accuses Exxon Mobil of complicity in abuses

Data:: 1 Ago 2001
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Deadly Drilling in Aceh

Data:: 1 Lug 2001
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Exxon in human rights trouble

Data:: 22 Giu 2001
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Exxon accused of rights abuses

Data:: 22 Giu 2001
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Aceh: Exxon Mobil shuts down

Data:: 1 Mag 2001
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U.S. Moves to Block Human-Rights Lawsuit Against Exxon Mobil

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Human Rights Watch criticises U.S. State Dept for asking judge to dismiss lawsuit alleging ExxonMobil was complicit in human rights abuses in Indonesia

U.S./Indonesia: Bush Backtracks on Corporate Responsibility