U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Shell Nigeria Human Rights Abuses

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 18 October, 2011 - 11:49

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The United States (US) Supreme Court agreed yesterday to decide if companies can be held liable in the US for international human rights law violations, a case about allegations that Royal Dutch Shell Plc helped Nigeria violently suppress oil exploration protests in the 1990s.

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