Supreme Court Set to Decide Corporate Liability for Human Rights Violations | AHN
The Supreme Court is expected to decide within weeks whether it will hear a case on the liability of U.S. corporations for human rights violations in other countries. (...) The dispute came to a head in recent lawsuits against oil companies Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Exxon Mobil Corp. for their oil exploration in Nigeria and Indonesia.They are accused of trampling the health and livelihoods of native people and using soldiers to intimidate them. Read more
Royal Dutch Shell PLC is considered as a 'founding father' by the UNGC.
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