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Article

1 Jan 2012

Author:
Francisco Javier Zamora Cabot, Universidad Jaume I de Castellón

[PDF] "La responsabilidad de las empresas multinacionales por violaciones de los derechos humanos: práctica reciente"

Vinculándose con diversas iniciativas de las Naciones Unidas respecto de las empresas multinacionales y los DD.HH…[el Informe…Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights]…enfatiza la obligación de…proveer el acceso a…reparación…haciéndose patente cómo los avances en los derechos internos deben acompasarse...de…mecanismos de investigación, sanción y reparación…[L]os EE.UU.…parecen encontrarse ante un punto de inflexión a este respecto…El ATCA…se aplicaba sin suscitar excesivos rechazos, hasta que empezaron a caer bajo su dominio las empresas multinacionales…[E]l caso Kiobel…podría ser...un verdadero paso atrás que debería ser corregido…[P]aso ya a presentar algunos de los casos de violaciones de los Derechos Humanos imputados a las empresas del sector y País citados…[Se refiere a Anvil Mining, Barrick Gold, Chiquita, Drummond, Hudbay Minerals, Infinito Gold, Jeppensen (part of Boeing), Pacific Rim Mining, Pfizer, Porgera (joint venture Barrick Gold, Emperor Gold Mines, Mineral Resources Enga), Rio Tinto, Shell, Talisman, Texaco (part of Chevron)]

Part of the following timelines

Rio Tinto lawsuit (re Papua New Guinea)

Texaco/Chevron lawsuits (re Ecuador)

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