Shell Oil is set to argue to in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum (Shell) that this law cannot be used to hold it accountable for human rights abuses. Shell is facing allegations of aiding and abetting rape, torture and extrajudicial killings by working with the Nigerian military in the 1990s to oppress activists opposed to its oil operations. Corporate complicity in human rights abuses is nothing new…
Desmond Tutu: Will U.S. rule for rights of S. Africans?
Supreme Court hears case that challenges 223-year-old law that holds multinational corporations accountable for abuse.
If the Supreme Court sides with Shell, it would represent a terrible step backward for human rights.
By Desmond Tutu
3:36PM EST September 30. 2012 – In South Africa, we have struggled for years against the evil system of apartheid that divided human beings because of the color of their skin. Apartheid was a culture of legalized oppression that denied all of my people our fundamental human rights. We knew this was wrong. By the grace of God, the world supported our struggle for freedom, dignity and justice.
After apartheid, South Africans built a new country where the law was a tool for protecting human rights, not a means of oppression. But on Monday, the opening day of the new term, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider a case that could severely weaken a key legal mechanism used to secure justice for survivors of abuses such as those that fueled apartheid.
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