US tries to halt rights suit against Exxon

Indonesia: After two decades, ExxonMobil settles case of alleged human rights abuses including torture brought by Aceh villagers

နေ့စွဲ:: 16 May 2023
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US judge rules that ExxonMobil case about allegations of complicity in violence in Indonesia can go to trial after 21 years

နေ့စွဲ:: 27 Jul 2022
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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

နေ့စွဲ:: 25 Apr 2022
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Trial in US lawsuit against ExxonMobil over alleged complicity in torture & beatings by military in Indonesia could start after 20 years

နေ့စွဲ:: 3 Jan 2022
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Exxon Human Rights Case Survives — on Claim that Execs Knew All Along

နေ့စွဲ:: 21 Jul 2015
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Access to justice for victims of human rights abuses needs to be strengthened

နေ့စွဲ:: 4 Dec 2014
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ExxonMobil Indonesian Villagers Human Rights Abuse Cases to Proceed in Federal Court

နေ့စွဲ:: 25 Sep 2014
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In Exxon suit, judge leaves opening for villagers

နေ့စွဲ:: 25 Sep 2014
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US federal appeals courts issue conflicting decisions regarding extraterritoriality in Alien Tort lawsuits against CACI & Chiquita

နေ့စွဲ:: 29 Jul 2014
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[PDF] Out of Bounds - Accountability for Corporate Human Rights Abuse After Kiobel

နေ့စွဲ:: 30 Sep 2013
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Case profile: ExxonMobil lawsuit (re Aceh)

နေ့စွဲ:: 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

နေ့စွဲ:: 10 Jul 2013
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The Supreme Court: Corporate America's Employees of the Month

နေ့စွဲ:: 27 Jun 2013
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Human rights violations can be costly for business

နေ့စွဲ:: 14 Jun 2013
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[PDF] Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Bulletin – Issue 9, June 2013

နေ့စွဲ:: 8 Jun 2013
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Companies Shielded as U.S. Court Cuts Human-Rights Suits

နေ့စွဲ:: 17 Apr 2013
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Did ExxonMobil Pay Torturers?

နေ့စွဲ:: 5 Oct 2012
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[PDF] Kiobel and Corporate Social Responsibility: An Issues Brief

နေ့စွဲ:: 4 Sep 2012
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In Kiobel filings, human rights group queries AG Holder conflicts

နေ့စွဲ:: 17 Jul 2012
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[PDF] Submission on Oil & Gas sector discussion paper

နေ့စွဲ:: 30 Jun 2012
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ExxonMobil CEO ignores Ground Zero of Energy Security

နေ့စွဲ:: 29 Jun 2012
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Another Supreme Court boost for corporate unaccountability?

နေ့စွဲ:: 13 Mar 2012
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Corporate liability under Alien Tort Statute: Don't elevate form over substance

နေ့စွဲ:: 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

နေ့စွဲ:: 31 Aug 2011
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Exxon Wants Rehearing In Corporate Liability Dispute [USA]

နေ့စွဲ:: 10 Aug 2011
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Supreme Court May Consider Whether Companies Can Be Sued Over Human Rights [USA]

နေ့စွဲ:: 10 Aug 2011
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UPDATE: ExxonMobil Selling Gas Assets At Center Of Indonesia Human-Rights Lawsuit

နေ့စွဲ:: 8 Aug 2011
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The Global Lawyer: Corporate Alien Tort Rouses from Its Deathbed

နေ့စွဲ:: 18 Jul 2011
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Appeals Court Revives Torture Claims Against Exxon [USA]

နေ့စွဲ:: 8 Jul 2011
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Exxon Seeks Dismissal of Alien Tort Case Originating in Indonesia

နေ့စွဲ:: 22 Feb 2011
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US Appeals Court Weighs Consequences of Indonesians' Lawsuit Against Exxon

နေ့စွဲ:: 25 Jan 2011
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Shortening the Long Arm of the Law [USA]

နေ့စွဲ:: 7 Oct 2010
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ERI Files Brief Supporting Indonesian Victims' Case Against ExxonMobil

နေ့စွဲ:: 15 Sep 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

နေ့စွဲ:: 31 May 2010
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[PDF] Launch of online portal on “Business, Conflict & Peace”

နေ့စွဲ:: 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

နေ့စွဲ:: 19 Apr 2010
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[PDF] Human Rights Due Diligence: Is It Too Risky? [scroll to p. 6]

နေ့စွဲ:: 1 Jan 2010
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Judge Dismisses Indonesians' Lawsuit Against Exxon

နေ့စွဲ:: 30 Sep 2009
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[PDF] John Doe VIII v. Exxon Mobil Corporation - Memorandum Opinion

နေ့စွဲ:: 30 Sep 2009
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ExxonMobil seeks to toss Indonesia suit

နေ့စွဲ:: 27 Jul 2009
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Exxon Asks Judge to Dismiss Suit by Indonesian Villagers

နေ့စွဲ:: 27 Jul 2009
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Human rights abuses: How complicit are oil companies?

နေ့စွဲ:: 29 Jun 2009
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Shell settles human rights suit for $15.5M

နေ့စွဲ:: 8 Jun 2009
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Lawsuits target oil company operations overseas

နေ့စွဲ:: 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.

နေ့စွဲ:: 26 May 2009
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Five Tips to Avoid the Human Rights Litigation Trap

နေ့စွဲ:: 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

နေ့စွဲ:: 28 Oct 2008
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Exxon Human Rights abuse in Aceh

နေ့စွဲ:: 3 Sep 2008
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Judge Rejects Summary Judgment in Human Rights Lawsuit Against Exxon

နေ့စွဲ:: 28 Aug 2008
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Exxon en procès pour torture

နေ့စွဲ:: 28 Aug 2008
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[PDF] John Doe I, et al. v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al. - Memorandum & Opinion

နေ့စွဲ:: 27 Aug 2008
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Human Rights Violations Suit Against Exxon Will Be Heard

နေ့စွဲ:: 19 Aug 2008
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Exxon Loses Bid to Shield Information From Federal Court Records

နေ့စွဲ:: 12 Aug 2008
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[PDF] John Doe, et al. v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al. - Memorandum Opinion

နေ့စွဲ:: 11 Aug 2008
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Exxon deberá responder a acusaciones de violación de DDHH

နေ့စွဲ:: 16 Jun 2008
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[US] Court rejects Exxon appeal in human rights case

နေ့စွဲ:: 16 Jun 2008
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Droits de l'Homme : Exxon accusé

နေ့စွဲ:: 16 Jun 2008
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To Avoid Risk of Alien Tort Claims Act Cases, Companies Must Improve Human Rights

နေ့စွဲ:: 17 Aug 2007
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Alabama Company Is Exonerated in Murders at Colombian Mine

နေ့စွဲ:: 27 Jul 2007
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Exxon faces lawsuit on killings in Indonesia [USA]

နေ့စွဲ:: 17 Jan 2007
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Oil Companies Revamp Ethical Plans as Legal Risk Grows

နေ့စွဲ:: 13 Oct 2006
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Why all companies should address human rights (and how the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre can help)

နေ့စွဲ:: 31 Aug 2006
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BP, Suncor, and Shell Top Oil Sector Sustainability Rating; Chevron and ExxonMobil Rank Low

နေ့စွဲ:: 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

နေ့စွဲ:: 31 Jul 2006
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full report: "Too High a Price: The Human Rights Cost of the Indonesian Military’s Economic Activities"

နေ့စွဲ:: 21 Jun 2006
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[PDF] Win or Lose in Court

နေ့စွဲ:: 20 Jun 2006
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Stand up to rights abuse, Exxon tells executives

နေ့စွဲ:: 24 May 2006
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ExxonMobil in Aceh

နေ့စွဲ:: 17 Apr 2006
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Abuses by int'l firms in RI [Republic of Indonesia] to be raised with UN

နေ့စွဲ:: 13 Mar 2006
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Exxon Mobil says Aceh torture lawsuit sets dangerous precedent

နေ့စွဲ:: 8 Mar 2006
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[PDF] Corporate Action Network Magazine

နေ့စွဲ:: 1 Mar 2006
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[DOC] Remarks by John G. Ruggie - Business & Human Rights Seminar - Old Billingsgate, London, December 8, 2005

နေ့စွဲ:: 8 Dec 2005
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Villagers' suit will be in a state court [USA]

နေ့စွဲ:: 21 Oct 2005
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[DOC] Conférence de Wilton Park sur les entreprises et les droits de l’homme - Allocution inaugurale

နေ့စွဲ:: 10 Oct 2005
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Liability Forges a New Morality

နေ့စွဲ:: 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

နေ့စွဲ:: 4 May 2005
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Proxy Statement - Item 6 – Aceh Security Report

နေ့စွဲ:: 13 Apr 2005
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[PDF] Business befriends human rights

နေ့စွဲ:: 1 Apr 2005
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U.S.: Rights Advocates Hail 'Landmark' Settlement With American Corporation

နေ့စွဲ:: 24 Mar 2005
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The Business of Torture

နေ့စွဲ:: 11 Mar 2005
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Advocates: Tsunami aid only part of picture

နေ့စွဲ:: 25 Jan 2005
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Foreign crimes come home to the US

နေ့စွဲ:: 15 Dec 2004
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Globalization Debate: Broken Promises Vs. Free Trade Mantra

နေ့စွဲ:: 12 Dec 2004
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Human rights: Can multinationals be held accountable?

နေ့စွဲ:: 20 Nov 2004
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[PDF] Oil and Human Rights

နေ့စွဲ:: 1 Oct 2004
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[PDF] Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence [OGEL] - Special Feature on Corporate Social Responsibility

နေ့စွဲ:: 1 Oct 2004
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Unocal decision impacts Shell, Coca-Cola, Exxon [part of ExxonMobil] and Gap

နေ့စွဲ:: 18 Sep 2004
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The questions over aiding and abetting

နေ့စွဲ:: 1 Aug 2004
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U.S. Courts Tackle Foreign Abuses - Energy corporations question 'law of nations'

နေ့စွဲ:: 26 Jul 2004
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[PDF] full report: "In Our Court: ATCA, Sosa and the Triumph of Human Rights"

နေ့စွဲ:: 30 Jun 2004
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States and Corporations: Legal Responsibilities to the People

နေ့စွဲ:: 31 May 2004
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Big Business Attacks ATCA in New York Times; ERI's Rebuttal

နေ့စွဲ:: 12 Apr 2004
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Recent ATCA Cases Against Corporate Defendants

နေ့စွဲ:: 8 Mar 2004
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Courting Responsibility

နေ့စွဲ:: 10 Feb 2004
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Human rights for all people for all times

နေ့စွဲ:: 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

နေ့စွဲ:: 24 Nov 2003
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Multinationals and accountability

နေ့စွဲ:: 19 Aug 2003
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U.S. Courts' role in foreign feuds comes under fire

နေ့စွဲ:: 3 Aug 2003
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Laws of Empire

နေ့စွဲ:: 7 Jul 2003
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A Needed Human Rights Law [USA]

နေ့စွဲ:: 2 Jun 2003
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Oil and Human Rights - Environmental and Human Rights Impacts of the ONG Industry [oil & natural gas industry]

နေ့စွဲ:: 1 Mar 2003
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ExxonMobil in Aceh [Indonesia]

နေ့စွဲ:: 1 Feb 2003
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[PDF] Legal Issues in Corporate Citizenship

နေ့စွဲ:: 31 Jan 2003
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Abuse of 18th Century Law Threatens U.S. Economic and Security Interests

နေ့စွဲ:: 25 Jan 2003
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[PDF] Judging Corporate Accountability in theGlobal Economy

နေ့စွဲ:: 31 Dec 2002
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Powell's Awkward Position [USA/Aceh-Indonesia]

နေ့စွဲ:: 29 Aug 2002
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Letter to Secretary Powell [U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell] Regarding Aceh Lawsuit [Indonesia]

နေ့စွဲ:: 26 Aug 2002
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Statement Regarding NGO Human Rights Lawsuit - Aceh, Indonesia

နေ့စွဲ:: 13 Aug 2002
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U.S. Government Tries to Kill Human-Rights Case against ExxonMobil

နေ့စွဲ:: 12 Aug 2002
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U.S. Backs Oil Giant on Lawsuit in Indonesia

နေ့စွဲ:: 8 Aug 2002
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ExxonMobil Responds

နေ့စွဲ:: 8 Aug 2002
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Groups Shocked as Officials Urge Judge to Back ExxonMobil

နေ့စွဲ:: 8 Aug 2002
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ExxonMobil welcomes US backing on Aceh human rights lawsuit

နေ့စွဲ:: 8 Aug 2002
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Text of the Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil: I [part 1 of 2]

နေ့စွဲ:: 8 Aug 2002
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Individuals struggle to hold corporations accountable for abuses

နေ့စွဲ:: 8 Aug 2002
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U.S./Indonesia: Bush Backtracks on Corporate Responsibility

နေ့စွဲ:: 7 Aug 2002
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U.S. Moves to Block Human-Rights Lawsuit Against Exxon Mobil

နေ့စွဲ:: 6 Aug 2002
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နေ့စွဲ:: 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

နေ့စွဲ:: 2 Aug 2002
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full text of U.S. State Department letter: Text of State Department Opinion Regarding ExxonMobil Litigation

နေ့စွဲ:: 29 Jul 2002
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Exxon Under Fire in Indonesia

နေ့စွဲ:: 16 Jul 2002
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Indonesia's Guerrilla War Puts Exxon Under Siege

နေ့စွဲ:: 14 Jul 2002
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Corporate Human Rights [human rights lawsuits agains multinationals in U.S. courts]

နေ့စွဲ:: 26 Jun 2002
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ExxonMobil-Sponsored Terrorism?

နေ့စွဲ:: 14 Jun 2002
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ExxonMobil Fights Indonesia Rights Suit

နေ့စွဲ:: 30 May 2002
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Exxon Mobil under fire [Aceh]

နေ့စွဲ:: 1 Feb 2002
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Recent ILRF [International Labor Rights Fund] Cases to Enforce Human Rights Under the ATCA

နေ့စွဲ:: 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

နေ့စွဲ:: 30 Nov 2001
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ExxonMobil's Troubled Relationship in Aceh

နေ့စွဲ:: 19 Sep 2001
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Aceh: Lawsuit accuses Exxon Mobil of complicity in abuses

နေ့စွဲ:: 1 Aug 2001
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Deadly Drilling in Aceh

နေ့စွဲ:: 1 Jul 2001
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Exxon in human rights trouble

နေ့စွဲ:: 22 Jun 2001
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Exxon accused of rights abuses

နေ့စွဲ:: 22 Jun 2001
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Aceh: Exxon Mobil shuts down

နေ့စွဲ:: 1 May 2001
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US tries to halt rights suit against Exxon

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Human Rights Watch criticises U.S. State Dept for asking judge to dismiss lawsuit alleging ExxonMobil was complicit in human rights abuses in Indonesia

U.S./Indonesia: Bush Backtracks on Corporate Responsibility

U.S. Moves to Block Human-Rights Lawsuit Against Exxon Mobil