Oil Companies Murdering Activists in Nigeria

By: Law is Cool · June 4, 2009 · Filed Under Civil Rights, Corporate Law, International Law, Torts · Add Comment 

Catherine Boyle of the TimesOnline reports:

Shell, one of the world’s biggest oil companies, will go on trial over allegations that it was complicit in the execution of a well-known Nigerian environmental activist and author…

If the action is successful, the trial will be a landmark case on how global companies can be held accountable for human rights abuses in countries in which they operate. It is a test for the Alien Torts Statute, which allows non-US citizens to file suits in US courts for alleged international human rights violations.

h/t Daniel Ho

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