Esso parent group cited in US case over Indonesian violations
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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
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25 Apr 2022
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"US court orders oil giant to pay nearly $290,000 to plaintiff’s counsel following botched deposition."
Trial in US lawsuit against ExxonMobil over alleged complicity in torture & beatings by military in Indonesia could start after 20 years
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3 Jan 2022
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"Villagers in Aceh say they were tortured by 'Exxon Army' hired by gas plant." The company denies the allegations.
Exxon Human Rights Case Survives — on Claim that Execs Knew All Along
Date:
21 Jul 2015
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Access to justice for victims of human rights abuses needs to be strengthened
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4 Dec 2014
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ExxonMobil Indonesian Villagers Human Rights Abuse Cases to Proceed in Federal Court
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25 Sep 2014
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In Exxon suit, judge leaves opening for villagers
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25 Sep 2014
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US federal appeals courts issue conflicting decisions regarding extraterritoriality in Alien Tort lawsuits against CACI & Chiquita
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29 Jul 2014
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[PDF] Out of Bounds - Accountability for Corporate Human Rights Abuse After Kiobel
Date:
30 Sep 2013
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Case profile: ExxonMobil lawsuit (re Aceh)
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12 Jul 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
Date:
10 Jul 2013
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The Supreme Court: Corporate America's Employees of the Month
Date:
27 Jun 2013
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Human rights violations can be costly for business
Date:
14 Jun 2013
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[PDF] Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Bulletin – Issue 9, June 2013
Date:
8 Jun 2013
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Companies Shielded as U.S. Court Cuts Human-Rights Suits
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17 Apr 2013
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Did ExxonMobil Pay Torturers?
Date:
5 Oct 2012
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[PDF] Kiobel and Corporate Social Responsibility: An Issues Brief
Date:
4 Sep 2012
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In Kiobel filings, human rights group queries AG Holder conflicts
Date:
17 Jul 2012
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[PDF] Submission on Oil & Gas sector discussion paper
Date:
30 Jun 2012
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ExxonMobil CEO ignores Ground Zero of Energy Security
Date:
29 Jun 2012
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Another Supreme Court boost for corporate unaccountability?
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13 Mar 2012
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Corporate liability under Alien Tort Statute: Don't elevate form over substance
Date:
26 Sep 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
Date:
31 Aug 2011
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Exxon Wants Rehearing In Corporate Liability Dispute [USA]
Date:
10 Aug 2011
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Supreme Court May Consider Whether Companies Can Be Sued Over Human Rights [USA]
Date:
10 Aug 2011
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UPDATE: ExxonMobil Selling Gas Assets At Center Of Indonesia Human-Rights Lawsuit
Date:
8 Aug 2011
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The Global Lawyer: Corporate Alien Tort Rouses from Its Deathbed
Date:
18 Jul 2011
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Appeals Court Revives Torture Claims Against Exxon [USA]
Date:
8 Jul 2011
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Exxon Seeks Dismissal of Alien Tort Case Originating in Indonesia
Date:
22 Feb 2011
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US Appeals Court Weighs Consequences of Indonesians' Lawsuit Against Exxon
Date:
25 Jan 2011
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Shortening the Long Arm of the Law [USA]
Date:
7 Oct 2010
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ERI Files Brief Supporting Indonesian Victims' Case Against ExxonMobil
Date:
15 Sep 2010
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[PDF] Launch of online portal on “Business, Conflict & Peace”
Date:
31 May 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
Date:
31 May 2010
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[PDF] Universal Periodic Review – United States of America Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date:
19 Apr 2010
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[PDF] Human Rights Due Diligence: Is It Too Risky? [scroll to p. 6]
Date:
1 Jan 2010
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Judge Dismisses Indonesians' Lawsuit Against Exxon
Date:
30 Sep 2009
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[PDF] John Doe VIII v. Exxon Mobil Corporation - Memorandum Opinion
Date:
30 Sep 2009
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Exxon Asks Judge to Dismiss Suit by Indonesian Villagers
Date:
27 Jul 2009
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ExxonMobil seeks to toss Indonesia suit
Date:
27 Jul 2009
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Human rights abuses: How complicit are oil companies?
Date:
29 Jun 2009
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Shell settles human rights suit for $15.5M
Date:
8 Jun 2009
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Lawsuits target oil company operations overseas
Date:
3 Jun 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.
Date:
26 May 2009
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Five Tips to Avoid the Human Rights Litigation Trap
Date:
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
Date:
28 Oct 2008
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Exxon Human Rights abuse in Aceh
Date:
3 Sep 2008
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Judge Rejects Summary Judgment in Human Rights Lawsuit Against Exxon
Date:
28 Aug 2008
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Exxon en procès pour torture
Date:
28 Aug 2008
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[PDF] John Doe I, et al. v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al. - Memorandum & Opinion
Date:
27 Aug 2008
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Human Rights Violations Suit Against Exxon Will Be Heard
Date:
19 Aug 2008
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Exxon Loses Bid to Shield Information From Federal Court Records
Date:
12 Aug 2008
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[PDF] John Doe, et al. v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al. - Memorandum Opinion
Date:
11 Aug 2008
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Droits de l'Homme : Exxon accusé
Date:
16 Jun 2008
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[US] Court rejects Exxon appeal in human rights case
Date:
16 Jun 2008
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Exxon deberá responder a acusaciones de violación de DDHH
Date:
16 Jun 2008
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To Avoid Risk of Alien Tort Claims Act Cases, Companies Must Improve Human Rights
Date:
17 Aug 2007
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Alabama Company Is Exonerated in Murders at Colombian Mine
Date:
27 Jul 2007
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Exxon faces lawsuit on killings in Indonesia [USA]
Date:
17 Jan 2007
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Oil Companies Revamp Ethical Plans as Legal Risk Grows
Date:
13 Oct 2006
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Why all companies should address human rights (and how the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre can help)
Date:
31 Aug 2006
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BP, Suncor, and Shell Top Oil Sector Sustainability Rating; Chevron and ExxonMobil Rank Low
Date:
1 Aug 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
Date:
31 Jul 2006
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full report: "Too High a Price: The Human Rights Cost of the Indonesian Military’s Economic Activities"
Date:
21 Jun 2006
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[PDF] Win or Lose in Court
Date:
20 Jun 2006
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Stand up to rights abuse, Exxon tells executives
Date:
24 May 2006
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ExxonMobil in Aceh
Date:
17 Apr 2006
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Abuses by int'l firms in RI [Republic of Indonesia] to be raised with UN
Date:
13 Mar 2006
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Exxon Mobil says Aceh torture lawsuit sets dangerous precedent
Date:
8 Mar 2006
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[PDF] Corporate Action Network Magazine
Date:
1 Mar 2006
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[DOC] Remarks by John G. Ruggie - Business & Human Rights Seminar - Old Billingsgate, London, December 8, 2005
Date:
8 Dec 2005
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Villagers' suit will be in a state court [USA]
Date:
21 Oct 2005
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[DOC] Conférence de Wilton Park sur les entreprises et les droits de l’homme - Allocution inaugurale
Date:
10 Oct 2005
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Liability Forges a New Morality
Date:
3 Aug 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
Date:
4 May 2005
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Proxy Statement - Item 6 – Aceh Security Report
Date:
13 Apr 2005
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[PDF] Business befriends human rights
Date:
1 Apr 2005
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U.S.: Rights Advocates Hail 'Landmark' Settlement With American Corporation
Date:
24 Mar 2005
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The Business of Torture
Date:
11 Mar 2005
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Advocates: Tsunami aid only part of picture
Date:
25 Jan 2005
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Foreign crimes come home to the US
Date:
15 Dec 2004
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Globalization Debate: Broken Promises Vs. Free Trade Mantra
Date:
12 Dec 2004
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Human rights: Can multinationals be held accountable?
Date:
20 Nov 2004
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[PDF] Oil and Human Rights
Date:
1 Oct 2004
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[PDF] Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence [OGEL] - Special Feature on Corporate Social Responsibility
Date:
1 Oct 2004
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Unocal decision impacts Shell, Coca-Cola, Exxon [part of ExxonMobil] and Gap
Date:
18 Sep 2004
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The questions over aiding and abetting
Date:
1 Aug 2004
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U.S. Courts Tackle Foreign Abuses - Energy corporations question 'law of nations'
Date:
26 Jul 2004
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[PDF] full report: "In Our Court: ATCA, Sosa and the Triumph of Human Rights"
Date:
30 Jun 2004
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States and Corporations: Legal Responsibilities to the People
Date:
31 May 2004
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Big Business Attacks ATCA in New York Times; ERI's Rebuttal
Date:
12 Apr 2004
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Recent ATCA Cases Against Corporate Defendants
Date:
8 Mar 2004
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Courting Responsibility
Date:
10 Feb 2004
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Human rights for all people for all times
Date:
9 Dec 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
Date:
24 Nov 2003
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Multinationals and accountability
Date:
19 Aug 2003
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U.S. Courts' role in foreign feuds comes under fire
Date:
3 Aug 2003
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Laws of Empire
Date:
7 Jul 2003
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A Needed Human Rights Law [USA]
Date:
2 Jun 2003
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Oil and Human Rights - Environmental and Human Rights Impacts of the ONG Industry [oil & natural gas industry]
Date:
1 Mar 2003
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ExxonMobil in Aceh [Indonesia]
Date:
1 Feb 2003
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[PDF] Legal Issues in Corporate Citizenship
Date:
31 Jan 2003
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Abuse of 18th Century Law Threatens U.S. Economic and Security Interests
Date:
25 Jan 2003
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[PDF] Judging Corporate Accountability in theGlobal Economy
Date:
31 Dec 2002
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Powell's Awkward Position [USA/Aceh-Indonesia]
Date:
29 Aug 2002
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Letter to Secretary Powell [U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell] Regarding Aceh Lawsuit [Indonesia]
Date:
26 Aug 2002
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Statement Regarding NGO Human Rights Lawsuit - Aceh, Indonesia
Date:
13 Aug 2002
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U.S. Government Tries to Kill Human-Rights Case against ExxonMobil
Date:
12 Aug 2002
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U.S. Backs Oil Giant on Lawsuit in Indonesia
Date:
8 Aug 2002
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Groups Shocked as Officials Urge Judge to Back ExxonMobil
Date:
8 Aug 2002
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ExxonMobil Responds
Date:
8 Aug 2002
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ExxonMobil welcomes US backing on Aceh human rights lawsuit
Date:
8 Aug 2002
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Text of the Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil: I [part 1 of 2]
Date:
8 Aug 2002
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Individuals struggle to hold corporations accountable for abuses
Date:
8 Aug 2002
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U.S./Indonesia: Bush Backtracks on Corporate Responsibility
Date:
7 Aug 2002
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U.S. Moves to Block Human-Rights Lawsuit Against Exxon Mobil
Date:
6 Aug 2002
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US tries to halt rights suit against Exxon
Date:
5 Aug 2002
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State Department Adopts "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" Stance in Case that Pits Indonesian Villagers Against Exxon Mobil
Date:
2 Aug 2002
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full text of U.S. State Department letter: Text of State Department Opinion Regarding ExxonMobil Litigation
Date:
29 Jul 2002
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Exxon Under Fire in Indonesia
Date:
16 Jul 2002
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Indonesia's Guerrilla War Puts Exxon Under Siege
Date:
14 Jul 2002
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Corporate Human Rights [human rights lawsuits agains multinationals in U.S. courts]
Date:
26 Jun 2002
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ExxonMobil-Sponsored Terrorism?
Date:
14 Jun 2002
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ExxonMobil Fights Indonesia Rights Suit
Date:
30 May 2002
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Exxon Mobil under fire [Aceh]
Date:
1 Feb 2002
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Recent ILRF [International Labor Rights Fund] Cases to Enforce Human Rights Under the ATCA
Date:
1 Dec 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
Date:
30 Nov 2001
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ExxonMobil's Troubled Relationship in Aceh
Date:
19 Sep 2001
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Aceh: Lawsuit accuses Exxon Mobil of complicity in abuses
Date:
1 Aug 2001
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Deadly Drilling in Aceh
Date:
1 Jul 2001
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Exxon in human rights trouble
Date:
22 Jun 2001
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Exxon accused of rights abuses
Date:
22 Jun 2001
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Aceh: Exxon Mobil shuts down
Date:
1 May 2001
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