Artikel Oil Companies being sued Mehr lesen [refers to Total Fina Elf, UNOCAL, Shell; Nigeria, Burma, Republic of Congo]
Story Timeline Commentary: The Legal Case Map, a key resource for firms' human rights & modern slavery risk management Datum: 19 Apr 2017 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] The Third Pillar: Access to Judicial Remedies for Human Rights Violations by Transnational Business Datum: 18 Dez 2016 Inhaltsart: Bericht New Report Examines Evolution and Future of Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts Datum: 1 Okt 2013 Inhaltsart: Artikel Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking: Is Business Ready to Face Up to It? Datum: 14 Jan 2013 Inhaltsart: Artikel Alien Tort Backup Plan Datum: 1 Jan 2013 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Investor Statement for Human Rights and in Support of the U.S. Alien Tort Statute Datum: 2 Okt 2012 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Submission on Oil & Gas sector discussion paper Datum: 30 Jun 2012 Inhaltsart: Artikel Another Supreme Court boost for corporate unaccountability? Datum: 13 Mär 2012 Inhaltsart: Artikel Cuando el gran dinero choca con los derechos humanos [USA] Datum: 28 Feb 2012 Inhaltsart: Artikel When big business and human rights collide Datum: 26 Feb 2012 Inhaltsart: Artikel Corporate Accountability Now Datum: 21 Feb 2012 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Corporate Liability of Energy/Natural Resources Companies at National Law for Breach of International Human Rights Norms Datum: 31 Dez 2011 Inhaltsart: Artikel Free Burma: Transnational Legal Action and Corporate Accountability [book] Datum: 1 Mai 2011 Inhaltsart: Artikel Better Safe than Sorry Datum: 1 Feb 2011 Inhaltsart: Artikel Trial trails: An American court blocks human-rights suits against businesses Datum: 7 Okt 2010 Inhaltsart: Artikel Shortening the Long Arm of the Law [USA] Datum: 7 Okt 2010 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Think globally, sue locally: Out-of-court tactics employed by plaintiffs, their lawyers, and their advocates in transnational tort cases Datum: 31 Mai 2010 Inhaltsart: Artikel ERI Submits Reports to the U.N. on U.S. Corporate Accountability and Human Rights Litigation Datum: 19 Apr 2010 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Stakeholder Submission on United States Obligations to Respect, Protect and Remedy Human Rights in the Context of Business Activities Datum: 19 Apr 2010 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Universal Periodic Review – United States of America Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Datum: 19 Apr 2010 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Human Rights Due Diligence: Is It Too Risky? [scroll to p. 6] Datum: 1 Jan 2010 Inhaltsart: Artikel [audio] Globalising justice Datum: 1 Dez 2009 Inhaltsart: Artikel [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) Datum: 28 Sep 2009 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Getting it Wrong: Flawed "Corporate Social Responsibility" and Misrepresentations Surrounding Total and Chevron's Yadana Gas Pipeline in Military-Ruled Burma (Myanmar) Datum: 1 Sep 2009 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Total Impact: The Human Rights, Environmental, and Financial Impacts of Total and Chevron's Yadana Gas Project in Military-Ruled Burma (Myanmar) Datum: 1 Sep 2009 Inhaltsart: Artikel Human rights abuses: How complicit are oil companies? Datum: 29 Jun 2009 Inhaltsart: Artikel Lawsuits target oil company operations overseas Datum: 3 Jun 2009 Inhaltsart: Artikel Old law exhumed by fighters for human rights [USA] Datum: 25 Mai 2009 Inhaltsart: Artikel Oil Industry Braces for Trial on Rights Abuses Datum: 21 Mai 2009 Inhaltsart: Artikel ERI Speaks to Oil Industry: New Investment in Military-Ruled Burma Poses Huge Risks to Companies Datum: 28 Apr 2009 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Obstacles to Justice and Redress for Victims of Corporate Human Rights Abuse Datum: 2 Nov 2008 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses Datum: 1 Nov 2008 Inhaltsart: Artikel Open Wounds - Big Oil and Big Mining face a host of allegations that they helped commit human rights abuses Datum: 30 Sep 2008 Inhaltsart: Artikel Bad Business: Why Companies Shouldn't Trade with Abusive Regimes Datum: 30 Apr 2008 Inhaltsart: Artikel Watchdog group says Chevron complicit in Myanmar Datum: 29 Apr 2008 Inhaltsart: Artikel Report: Chevron financing, profiting from and liable for human rights abuses in Burma (Myanmar) Datum: 29 Apr 2008 Inhaltsart: Artikel Corporate Operations in Burma Fuel Human Rights Abuses, Say Shareowner Activists Datum: 26 Okt 2007 Inhaltsart: Artikel Analysis: Gas, oil get Myanmar off hook Datum: 27 Sep 2007 Inhaltsart: Artikel United States: Corporate Liability For Human Rights Abuses Goes On Trial Datum: 23 Jul 2007 Inhaltsart: Artikel Hey, We Just Fly the Planes [Alien Tort Claims Act & Valuation of Companies] Datum: 11 Jun 2007 Inhaltsart: Artikel United States: The Bottom Line - Corporate Social Responsibility Works, And Progressives Shouldn’t Abandon It Datum: 12 Apr 2007 Inhaltsart: Artikel Burma: Natural Gas Project Threatens Human Rights - South Korean, Indian Investments May Lead to Complicity in Abuses Datum: 24 Mär 2007 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Prepared Remarks at Clifford Chance Datum: 19 Feb 2007 Inhaltsart: Artikel 11th Circuit Asked to Clarify Corporate Liability [USA] Datum: 30 Okt 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel The UN Human Rights Norms for Corporations: The Private Implications of Public International Law Datum: 28 Okt 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel Oil Companies Revamp Ethical Plans as Legal Risk Grows Datum: 13 Okt 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel Global Lawyer: The Death of Alien Tort Datum: 1 Okt 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] full report: "The International Law Standard for Corporate Aiding and Abetting Liability" Datum: 1 Jul 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] full report: "Supply and Command - Natural Gas in Western Burma set to entrench military rule" Datum: 1 Jul 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Win or Lose in Court Datum: 20 Jun 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel Court Denies Unocal's Efforts to Shift Responsibility for Human Rights Abuses [in Burma] to its Insurers Datum: 14 Jun 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel Total Denial Datum: 10 Jun 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Order denying Unocal’s motion for partial summary judgment regarding Lexington’s defense of concealment Datum: 5 Jun 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel Ominous Outlook for the UN Norms Datum: 22 Mär 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel Mapping out the way ahead for business and human rights Datum: 12 Mär 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel «Les Etats ne sont pas les seuls responsables des violations des droits humains» Datum: 12 Mär 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel Understanding corporate complicity: Extending the notion beyond existing laws [speech by Irene Khan, Amnesty International, to Business & Human Rights Seminar, London, Dec 2005] Datum: 8 Mär 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Corporate Action Network Magazine Datum: 1 Mär 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel Defining Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses Datum: 22 Feb 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel [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 Datum: 22 Feb 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Informe provisional del Representante Especial del Secretario General sobre la cuestión de los derechos humanos y las empresas transnacionales y otras empresas comerciales Datum: 22 Feb 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel Interim report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises Datum: 22 Feb 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel Going Nowhere Datum: 23 Jan 2006 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Presentación Conjunta de ONG - Consulta Sobre Derechos Humanos y la Industria Extractiva Datum: 9 Dez 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Présentation Conjointe D’Ong - Consultation sur les droits de l’homme et l’industrie extractive Datum: 9 Dez 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Joint NGO Submission, Consultation on Human Rights and the Extractive Industry Datum: 9 Dez 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel [DOC] Remarks by John G. Ruggie - Business & Human Rights Seminar - Old Billingsgate, London, December 8, 2005 Datum: 8 Dez 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel 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? Datum: 31 Okt 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] L'Alien Tort Claims Act [ATCA, Etats-Unis]: une possibilité intéressante mais menacée Datum: 30 Okt 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel The story you haven't heard about ... The Yadana Project in Myanmar Datum: 3 Okt 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel Historic Advance for Universal Human Rights: Unocal to Compensate Burmese Villagers Datum: 3 Okt 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel [DOC] Regulations for Corporations: A historical account of TNC regulation Datum: 1 Okt 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] The Unocal Settlement: Implications for the Developing Law on Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses Datum: 21 Sep 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel Wrangle Prolongs Allocation of Unocal Payout Datum: 17 Aug 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel Lack of Human Rights Policy Concerns Chevron Shareowners in Light of Unocal Merger Datum: 16 Aug 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel Tentative Settlement of ATCA [Alien Tort Claims Act] Human Rights Suits Against Unocal Datum: 24 Jul 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel Pirates of the Corporation - Holding American companies responsible for high crimes committed overseas Datum: 30 Jun 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel ChevronTexaco critics band together Datum: 27 Apr 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel A Big Win for Human Rights Datum: 21 Apr 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel Belgium to reopen rights probe on Total in Myanmar Datum: 14 Apr 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel Statement of EarthRights International Regarding ChevronTexaco’s Acquisition of Unocal Datum: 11 Apr 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel ChevronTexaco Seen Selling Unocal Myanmar Assets [scroll down] Datum: 8 Apr 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel The story you haven't heard about... The Activists' Lawsuits Datum: 4 Apr 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel Common Questions and Answers for ERI [EarthRights International, regarding settlement with Unocal regarding Burma] Datum: 2 Apr 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel U.S.: Rights Advocates Hail 'Landmark' Settlement With American Corporation Datum: 24 Mär 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel Unocal settlement with Myanmar villagers finalised Datum: 22 Mär 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel The Arm of the Law gets Longer Datum: 14 Mär 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel Las multinacionales y los derechos humanos Datum: 7 Mär 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel Discussing corporate injustice Datum: 31 Jan 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel The limits of human rights legislation [USA] Datum: 19 Jan 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel Gas Deal Wins Kudos, But Activists Warn of Rights Abuses [Burma] Datum: 18 Jan 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel Unocal Announces It Will Settle A Human Rights Suit: What Is the Real Story Behind Its Decision? Datum: 10 Jan 2005 Inhaltsart: Artikel Paying For It - Doing business with regimes may cost American companies cash as well as goodwill Datum: 18 Dez 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Foreign crimes come home to the US Datum: 15 Dez 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Unocal to Settle Lawsuits Over Myanmar Abuse Datum: 13 Dez 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Unocal settles Burma human rights cases Datum: 13 Dez 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Unocal strikes deal with Myanmar villagers over alleged use of slave labour Datum: 13 Dez 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Settlement in works over human rights case involving Unocal Datum: 13 Dez 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Settlement reached in human rights lawsuit [Burma/USA] Datum: 13 Dez 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] executive summary: "Business and International Crimes: Assessing the Liability of Business Entities for Grave Violations of International Law" Datum: 30 Nov 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] The Changing Landscape of Liability - A Director’s Guide to Trends in Corporate Environmental, Social and Economic Liability Datum: 30 Nov 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Human rights: Can multinationals be held accountable? Datum: 20 Nov 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Total en Birmanie: Affaire Classée Datum: 10 Nov 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence [OGEL] - Special Feature on Corporate Social Responsibility Datum: 1 Okt 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Oil and Human Rights Datum: 1 Okt 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Unocal decision impacts Shell, Coca-Cola, Exxon [part of ExxonMobil] and Gap Datum: 18 Sep 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Slavery Suit Will Go Forward [USA/Burma] Datum: 15 Sep 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel The questions over aiding and abetting Datum: 1 Aug 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] REO Report 2nd Quarter 2004 Datum: 1 Aug 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel U.S. Courts Tackle Foreign Abuses - Energy corporations question 'law of nations' Datum: 26 Jul 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Human Rights and the Court [USA] Datum: 3 Jul 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] full report: "In Our Court: ATCA, Sosa and the Triumph of Human Rights" Datum: 30 Jun 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Human Rights Abuses Worldwide Are Held to Fall Under U.S. Courts Datum: 30 Jun 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Supreme Court: Foreign Victims of Abuse May Sue in US Datum: 30 Jun 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel New limits on overseas companies' lawsuits [ATCA lawsuits in U.S. courts alleging human rights abuses by companies] Datum: 29 Jun 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel USA: Core Principles of Alien Tort Claims Act Upheld - Foreign Victims of Human Rights Abuses Preserve Access to US Courts Datum: 29 Jun 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel ATCA Lives! Datum: 29 Jun 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel States and Corporations: Legal Responsibilities to the People Datum: 31 Mai 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Analysis: Is trying to kill the Alien Tort Claims Act digging for fool’s gold? Datum: 13 Mai 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Rights and wrongs Datum: 5 Mai 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Human Rights and the Oil and Gas Industry An IPIECA [Intl. Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association] Status Report, May 2004 Datum: 1 Mai 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Big Business Attacks ATCA in New York Times; ERI's Rebuttal Datum: 12 Apr 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Recent ATCA Cases Against Corporate Defendants Datum: 8 Mär 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Law and disorder, corporate style Datum: 1 Mär 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Myanmar: Cheers, jeers over giant gas find Datum: 14 Feb 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Courting Responsibility Datum: 10 Feb 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel La justice exonère Unocal, poursuivi pour violations des droits de l'homme Datum: 23 Jan 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Judge: Unocal not liable for claims Datum: 23 Jan 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel L.A. judge to issue oral ruling on Unocal's liability in human rights case Datum: 22 Jan 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Out of Burma: Grassroots Activism Forces Multinationals to End Ties with the Burmese Dictatorship Datum: 1 Jan 2004 Inhaltsart: Artikel Judgment day - Will an obscure law bring down the global economy? Datum: 28 Dez 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel El grupo petrolero estadounidense Unocal, acusado de violar los derechos humanos Datum: 9 Dez 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Human rights trial over Unocal project in Myanmar opens in L.A. Datum: 9 Dez 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Background: The Yadana Pipeline and Activist Lawsuits Datum: 2 Dez 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel [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 Datum: 1 Dez 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Slave Labor? Unocal is being sued in the U.S. for ignoring abuses in Burma. It's the next globalization battle Datum: 24 Nov 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Community redress and multinational enterprises Datum: 31 Okt 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Un ancien dirigeant de Total Birmanie entendu par un juge français Datum: 2 Okt 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel California, New York financial chiefs pressure Unocal to pull operations from Myanmar Datum: 3 Sep 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Multinationals and accountability Datum: 19 Aug 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel The Court of Last Resort Datum: 7 Aug 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Unocal Penalized for Tardy Documents Datum: 7 Aug 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel U.S. Courts' role in foreign feuds comes under fire Datum: 3 Aug 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Emerging Threat: Human Rights Claims Datum: 1 Aug 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Unocal on trial for Burma 'abuses' Datum: 1 Aug 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Judge rejects Unocal attempt to avoid California law Datum: 31 Jul 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Wrong on rights Datum: 18 Jul 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Laws of Empire Datum: 7 Jul 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Profits at Gunpoint Datum: 30 Jun 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Rights Groups Overseas Fight U.S. Concerns in U.S. Courts Datum: 26 Jun 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Plaintiffs' Representatives Confident after Unocal Hearing [in U.S. court] Datum: 17 Jun 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Appeals court [in USA] reconsiders if Unocal can be sued for atrocities [in Burma] Datum: 17 Jun 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Court Ponders if U.S. Firm [Unocal] Liable for Abuse Abroad Datum: 17 Jun 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Court Is Villagers' Only Hope Datum: 9 Jun 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Ashcroft Sides with Torturers: Unocal and the Crimes of Burma Datum: 7 Jun 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel U.S. Court To Review Unocal Myanmar Brutality Suit Datum: 6 Jun 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel A Needed Human Rights Law [USA] Datum: 2 Jun 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel White House Seeks to Curb Rights Cases From Abroad: U.S. Fears Effect On Diplomatic Ties Datum: 30 Mai 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel U.S.: Ashcroft Attacks Human Rights Law - Justice Dept. Undermining Key Precedent Datum: 15 Mai 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel U.S. Justice Department’s amicus curae brief in case of Doe v. Unocal Datum: 8 Mai 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Oil Companies being sued Datum: 4 Apr 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Legal case for doing the right thing Datum: 31 Mär 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Appellate court ruling means potential trial for Unocal over Myanmar project Datum: 29 Mär 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel [PDF] Legal Issues in Corporate Citizenship Datum: 31 Jan 2003 Inhaltsart: Artikel Recent court decision could further isolate Burma Datum: 26 Sep 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel Plaintiffs Win Ninth Circuit Victory over Unocal Datum: 18 Sep 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel Court Tells Unocal to Face Rights Charges Datum: 18 Sep 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel Unocal must face trial in Myanmar human rights suit Datum: 18 Sep 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel Judge Lets Unocal Ask State Dept. to Intervene in Myanmar Lawsuit Datum: 9 Aug 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel Unocal wants government to quash labour lawsuit Datum: 9 Aug 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel A Long Way to Find Justice: What Are Burmese Villagers Doing in a California Court? Datum: 14 Jul 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel Internationally Binding Legislation and Litigation for the Enforcement of Labour Rights Datum: 26 Jun 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel Corporate Human Rights [human rights lawsuits agains multinationals in U.S. courts] Datum: 26 Jun 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel ‘The Party Is Over’ Datum: 21 Jun 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel Bad business in Burma Datum: 16 Jun 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel U.S. firms face suits for overseas acts Datum: 15 Jun 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel Unocal to Face Suit on Human Rights Datum: 12 Jun 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel Unocal Faces Trial For Rights Abuses Datum: 12 Jun 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel Judge OKs Unocal Abuse Lawsuit Datum: 11 Jun 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel Unocal Will Stand Trial Over Myanmar Venture Datum: 11 Jun 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel Doe v. Unocal: Forced Labor and Corporate Liability [Burma] Datum: 1 Jan 2002 Inhaltsart: Artikel Recent ILRF [International Labor Rights Fund] Cases to Enforce Human Rights Under the ATCA Datum: 1 Dez 2001 Inhaltsart: Artikel Litigation Update: A Summary of Recent Developments in U.S. Cases Brought Under the Alien Tort Claims Act and Torture Protection Act Datum: 30 Nov 2001 Inhaltsart: Artikel Unocal closer to trial over human rights violations Datum: 8 Sep 2001 Inhaltsart: Artikel Burmese workers suing Unocal in Los Angeles will have their day in court Datum: 30 Aug 2001 Inhaltsart: Artikel Claim Against Unocal Rejected Datum: 8 Sep 2000 Inhaltsart: Artikel Liability of Multinational Corporations under International Law Datum: 1 Jan 2000 Inhaltsart: Artikel View full story Load more View less