Legal accountability
Here are all the items relating to legal accountability added in the last 30 days, since 03 Aug 2010. For earlier items, see the Legal accountability archive
September 2010
- U.S. Judge Lets Suit Proceed Against Alleged Fundraisers for Tamil Tigers
- [PDF] Seminar: "The unfinished business of Apartheid" (Bonn, 24-25 Sep)
August 2010
- Suing Repression's Service Provider
- India: Supreme Court to review 1996 decision to reduce charges against Union Carbide India in Bhopal case
- Chile: Families of trapped miners sue mining firm San Esteban alleging repeated health & safety breaches leading to deaths and injuries
- Plachimada's claims [India]
- USA: Chemtura to pay $26 million to clean up 17 contaminated sites - 12 are on national list of worst hazardous waste sites
- Kerala to set up tribunal to get compensation from Coke
- Wal-Mart asks US Supreme Court to deny class action status for largest gender discrimination lawsuit in US history
- Bangladesh: Supreme Court reimposes strict environmental & workplace safety regulations on ship-breaking industry - activist says "It is a victory of humanity over raw money"
- New book argues for "victims-oriented solutions" to corporate legal accountability [purchase required to access full text]
- Juez de EE.UU. falla contra el Grupo Vicini que había demandado por difamación a un documental acerca de las condiciones deplorables de trabajadores en un ingenio azucarero en Rep. Dominicana
- [PDF] Former human rights advisor sues Statoil, alleges false representations about its commitment to human rights
- Ecuador: "La consulta previa y la sentencia de la Corte Constitucional sobre la Ley de Minería"
For items added before 03 Aug 2010 see the News archive.