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Royal Dutch Shell Crimes Against Humanity

“Under the terms of the Rome Statute it is clear why so many large corporations and foreign governments are working so hard to limit the reach of the US Alien Tort Statute. Too many corporations and corporate managers could face criminal charges if Shell does not prevail in their arguments before the US Supreme Court to limit the reach of this Statute.”

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The enclosed Wiki link will give your readers a broader view of the concept we now refer to as ‘crimes against humanity’. This term is now well defined within the body of international law. Furthermore, it was not only employed during the IMT trials at Nuremberg after the defeat of Nazi Germany, it was employed in the Tokyo war crimes trials as well. This legal concept has been use to bring Yugoslavia war criminals to trial, as well as those who perpetrated the atrocities in Rwanda.

Crimes against humanity – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Crimes against humanity, as defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Explanatory Memorandum, “are particularly odious offenses …”
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It is clear that Shell’s collusion with the Nigerian government in the commission of similar crimes against the Nigerian populace leaves Shell and its management vulnerable to being found guilty of such crimes.

Interestingly, it was the London Charter of the International Military Tribunal the established the laws and procedures by which the Nuremberg Trials (International Military Tribunal trials) were conducted. These same laws and procedures were then followed by the US when it conducted its war crimes trials in the US Zone of West Germany from 1946-1949. Similar standards were followed in the Tokyo trials.

Today ‘crimes against humanity’ are well codified into international law through the ‘Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court’. Nigeria is a signatory nation of that treaty, as are The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The Rome Statute establishes the International Criminal Court which in located in the Hague, The Netherlands. Interestingly, the United States is not a treaty signatory nation.

It is interesting to note that ‘crimes against humanity’ are defined in terms of an established State policy (i.e., governmental policy), or an ‘orgnanizational policy’ (i.e., policy by some organization other than a governmental organization). This means that the atrocities committed in Nigeria could be attributed, in part, to the ‘organizational policy’ of Royal Dutch Shell.

Under the terms of the Rome Statute it is clear why so many large corporations and foreign governments are working so hard to limit the reach of the US Alien Tort Statute. Too many corporations and corporate managers could face criminal charges if Shell does not prevail in their arguments before the US Supreme Court to limit the reach of this Statute. It is entirely possible US Federal Courts could then become vehicles for the implementation of the terms of the Rome Statute, not just the International Criminal Court.

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (often referred to as the International Criminal Court Statute or the Rome Statute) is the treaty that …
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