Supreme Court to Hear Kiobel Again Tomorrow: Much More at Stake the Second...
NOTE: The post below was originally published Saturday on Justice Watch, a project of the Alliance for Justice. For more on the Kiobel case, including the most recent amicus briefs submitted to the...
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Update: Kiobel Transcript, Plus Media Coverage of the Case
For all of you Kiobel watchers, here’s the transcript for this morning’s argument before the U.S. Supreme Court. We’ll post Tyler and Susan’s take on the questioning as soon as we can. Esther Kiobel...
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A Question of Accountability: The Clinic’s Take on the Alien Tort Statute
Note: this article was written by Cara Solomon and originally published in Harvard Law Bulletin A Question of Accountability In a Supreme Court case, the International Human Rights Clinic argues that...
View ArticleNew Allegations in 2003 Bolivian Massacre
PRESS RELEASE New Allegations of Government Planning in 2003 Bolivian Massacre Months before violence, defendants calculated it would take thousands of deaths to stop protests June 24, 2013, Miami,...
View ArticlePlaintiffs File Petition in Second Circuit Court of Appeals to Review Panel’s...
This week, the International Human Rights Clinic, along with co-counsel, filed a petition on behalf of plaintiffs for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc to review the U.S. Second Circuit Court of...
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Clinic Files Amici Curiae Brief In One of First ATS Cases to Reach Appeal...
The International Human Rights Clinic filed an amici curiae brief yesterday on behalf of legal historians in one of the first major Alien Tort Statute (ATS) cases to reach a court of appeals since the...
View ArticleA Flurry of Activity to Wrap Up the Semester
A busy couple of days on the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) front had our International Human Rights Clinic in full swing right up to the end of the semester today. First, along with co-counsel, we filed an...
View ArticleThe Alien Tort Statute: In Pursuit of Corporate Accountability
Event Notice “The Alien Tort Statute: In Pursuit of Corporate Accountability” April 17, 2014 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Langdell South Lunch will be served On the one year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme...
View ArticleFourth Circuit’s Post-Kiobel Ruling Revives ATS Claims Against U.S....
On Monday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the presumption against extraterritoriality in Alien Tort Statute (ATS) cases, established by the April 2013 U.S. Supreme Court decision in...
View ArticleClinic Files Proposed Amended Complaint in the Apartheid Litigation
Last Friday, the International Human Rights Clinic filed a proposed amended complaint in the Apartheid Litigation against two defendants, Ford and IBM. The amended complaint demonstrates how the claims...
View ArticleClinic Files Opening Brief in Apartheid Litigation Appeal
The Clinic and our partners filed an opening brief yesterday in the Second Circuit in an appeal in In re South African Apartheid Litigation. The case, which is being litigated under the Alien Tort...
View ArticlePlaintiffs’ Victory Against Former Somali Prime Minister Allowed to Stand
After 11 long years of litigation, plaintiffs from Somalia learned yesterday that their $21 million judgment for damages for torture and war crimes would stand. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take...
View ArticleTomorrow, April 16: “Should There Be Liability If…”
April 16, 2015 “Should There Be Liability If…” 1:00 p.m. Suffolk University Law School (Room 375) 120 Tremont Street, Boston Join Tyler Giannini and Ariel Nelson of the International Human Rights...
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Clinical Director Susan Farbstein Promoted to Become Clinical Professor of Law
Today, we have some great news: in recognition of her excellence as both a teacher and a human rights advocate, Clinical Director Susan Farbstein has been promoted to become a Clinical Professor of...
View ArticleClinic Files Reply Brief in Apartheid Litigation Appeal
Yesterday, the Clinic and our partners filed a reply brief in In re South African Apartheid Litigation, currently on appeal before the Second Circuit. The case, which is being litigated under the Alien...
View ArticleSecond Circuit Decision in Apartheid Appeal Denies Plaintiffs the Opportunity...
Earlier this week, the Second Circuit handed down its opinion in In re South African Apartheid Litigation, denying Plaintiffs an opportunity to proceed with their claims against the remaining...
View ArticleApartheid Plaintiffs Ask Second Circuit to Reconsider Claims Against IBM and...
Last week, the Clinic and co-counsel filed a petition for rehearing en banc, asking the Second Circuit to allow Plaintiffs’ claims to go forward against Defendants Ford and IBM in In re South African...
View ArticleClinic Files Petition for Certiorari in Final Attempt to Hold Two U.S....
The Clinic and its partners today filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in the In re South African Apartheid Litigation suit, asking the Court to clarify the circumstances...
View ArticleClinic Files Reply Brief in Petition for Certiorari in Apartheid Litigation
Last week, the International Human Rights Clinic and co-counsel filed our reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, responding to Ford and IBM’s opposition to the petition for a writ of certiorari in...
View ArticleStatement On The End Of The In Re South African Apartheid Litigation
Statement on the end of the In re South African Apartheid Litigation June 29, 2016 Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a major corporate accountability case, Ntsebeza, et al., v. Ford...
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