As cases against multinational corporations for their involvement in international human rights violations percolate through appeals courts, one company’s recent victory in an Alabama federal court underscores plaintiffs’ uphill battle.
An upswing in global corporate operations, and a 2006 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision allowing vicarious liability claims for violations of international human rights norms in Alien Tort Claims Act cases have opened the door to more cases. Sarei v Rio Tinto, 456 F.3d 1069 (9th Cir. 2006).
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