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Trafficked children are arrested and sit on the floor of a detention facility in the Ivory Coast.

Trump Administration Reverses Position on Corporate Liability Under Alien Tort Statute

In a brief filed last week, the Trump administration reversed its position on corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), urging the Supreme Court to grant certiorari…
St. Peter's Lutheran Church in the Liberian capital Monrovia.

Liberian War Crimes Claims Survive in Alien Tort Statute Case

Victims of human rights abuses abroad scored a win recently, when the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania ruled in Jane W. et al. v. Thomas that claims involving war crimes…

Beyond Customary International Law: What Jesner Can Learn From Corporate Criminal Liability for International Crimes

Ed. note. This article is the latest in our series on the U.S. Supreme Court case Jesner. v. Arab Bank, a case that is slated to resolve the question of whether corporations can…
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Will Filartiga Survive?

On September 16, the Fourth Circuit will hear oral argument in Warfaa v. Ali, a case brought by the Center for Justice and Accountability under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) and…
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Fourth Circuit Holds Abu Ghraib Torture Claims Not Barred by Kiobel

Although it will likely be overtaken by the news set to come out of the Supreme Court later this morning, the Fourth Circuit has handed down a very big decision in the ongoing…
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The Charles Taylor Appeal & The Scope of Accomplice Liability

I earlier flagged the release of the Charles Taylor appeals judgment.  This post deconstructs the opinion more closely in light of the Perišić precedent and also addresses the…
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Charles Taylor Verdict Today: New Standard of Liability for Aid to Rebel Forces?

The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) today unanimously upheld the conviction and 50-year sentence of former Liberian President Charles Taylor for aiding…
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