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Demanda

19 May 2011

Autor:
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Cisco Systems lawsuits (re China)

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Estatus: ONGOING

Fecha de presentación de la demanda judicial
19 May 2011
Desconocido
Defensor de los Derechos Humanos
Lugar de presentación: Estados Unidos
Lugar del incidente: China
Tipo de litigio: Transnacional

Empresas

AT&T Estados Unidos Tecnología, telecomunicación y electrónicos
American Express Estados Unidos Finanzas y banca
Amgen Estados Unidos Biotecnología
Arab Bank Israel Finanzas y banca
Amazon.com Estados Unidos Ropa y Textiles, Minoristas/Ventas al detal, Empresas de Internet, Tecnología: General, Envíos rápidos, Inteligencia Artificial, Entretenimiento
AirScan Estados Unidos Empresas de seguridad
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Blackwater Estados Unidos Empresas de seguridad
Baidu China Software y servicios, Tecnología: General, Empresas de Internet, Finanzas y banca
Bain Capital Ventures Estados Unidos Finanzas y banca
Cisco Systems Estados Unidos Tecnología, telecomunicación y electrónicos
Chiquita Estados Unidos Agricultura y ganadería
CACI Estados Unidos Militares/defensa
Comcast Estados Unidos Medios y publicidad: General, Tecnología: General
Chevron Estados Unidos Petróleo, gas y carbón
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Meta (formerly Facebook) Estados Unidos Empresas de Internet, Publicidad y mercadeo, Tecnología: General
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Blue Coat Estados Unidos

Fuentes

In 2011 two separate lawsuits were filed in US court against Cisco Systems regarding the company's activities in China. Both sets of plaintiffs allege that Cisco helped the Chinese government build computer systems used to track and prosecute political dissidents. This tracking led to many of the plaintiffs being arrested, arbitrarily detained, tortured, and killed. In 2014, the lawsuits were dismissed. Both judges presiding over the two separate cases cited the claims had a lack of connection with the US to proceed in court.

案例简介:思科系统公司诉讼案(中国)


In mid-2011 two separate lawsuits were filed in US federal court against Cisco Systems and its top executives regarding the company's activities in China. Human Rights Foundation filed a lawsuit on 19 May 2011 in California on behalf of 11 members of the Chinese Falun Gong movement against Cisco and certain of its executives, including CEO John Chambers. The second lawsuit was filed on 6 June 2011 in Maryland on behalf of three jailed Chinese writers. Both sets of plaintiffs allege that Cisco helped the Chinese Government build computer systems used to track and prosecute dissidents.

The lawsuits allege Cisco designed and maintains a censorship network known as the Golden Shield Project, with the understanding that Golden Shield would be used by the Chinese authorities to monitor and access private internet communications, identify anonymous blog authors and to block online publications critical of the Chinese Communist Party. The Falun Gong plaintiffs allege that, by using Cisco's network, the Chinese authorities tracked the online activities of the Falun Gong movement. They allege that some of the Falun Gong members were arrested, arbitrarily detained, tortured and killed, while others disappeared.

The second lawsuit alleges that the defendants' role in creating the Golden Shield enabled the Chinese Government to identify and jail each of the plaintiffs. The writers had each published articles on the internet supporting democracy and human rights and critical of the Chinese Communist Party. Each writer alleges that he was subsequently detained and tortured by the Chinese authorities. They brought the lawsuit under the Alien Tort Statute.

Cisco denies all accusations, claiming it sells the same equipment in China that it sells in other countries around the world.

In February 2014, the judge in the lawsuit filed on behalf of the three jailed Chinese writers dismissed the case ruling that the court lacked jurisdiction. He also found Cisco was not at fault for abuses carried out using the censorship network.

In September 2014, a US federal court dismissed the lawsuit against Cisco over allegations of abetting torture of Falun Gong practitioners in China ruling that the allegations did not have sufficient US ties for a US court to hear the claims under the Alien Tort Claims Act.

In January 2016, NGOs filed an amicus brief that urges a US court of appeals to reinstate the Falun Gong practitioners lawsuit against Cisco.  In April 2017, the plaintiffs in this case asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to revive the allegations.

In July 2023, the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reversed the 2014 decision to dismiss the case concerning the Falun Gong practitioners and ruled that the case can move forward to trial. The Court rejected Cisco's argument that domestic corporations cannot be sued under the Alien Tort Statute, a law allowing non-U.S. citizens to bring tort claims that violate international law in U.S. courts. To bring similar cases in the future, plaintiffs must demonstrate that a domestic company engaged in substantial conduct in the U.S. with the knowledge it was enabling human rights violations abroad.


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