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State Law Claims: The Next Phase of Human Rights Litigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Beth Stephens
Beth Stephens*
Affiliation:
Rutgers University School of Law
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State Law Litigation of International Norms
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 108 , 2014 , pp. 442 - 444
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2015

References

1 133 S. Ct. 1659 (2013).

2 For a more detailed discussion of these issues, see Hoffman, Paul & Stephens, Beth, International Human Rights Cases Under State Law and in State Courts, 3 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 9 (2013)Google Scholar. For an analysis of the thirty-year history of modern human rights litigation, see Stephens, Beth, The Curious History of the Alien Tort Statute, 89 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1467 (2014)Google Scholar.

3 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (note) (2006).

4 Chowdhury v. Worldtel Bangladesh Holding, Ltd., 746 F.3d 42 (2d Cir. 2014).

5 18 U.S.C. §§ 2331, 2333–38 (2006).

6 18 U.S.C. § 1595 (2006).

7 28 U.S.C. § 1605A (2006).

8 See Stephens, Curious History, supra note 2, at 1477–78.

9 See, e.g., Estate of Domingo v. Republic of the Philippines, 694 F. Supp. 782, 784 (W.D. Wa. 1988).

10 See, e.g., Linder v. Calero Portocarrero, 963 F.2d 332, 333–34 (11th Cir. 1992).

11 Filártiga v. Peña-Irala, 630 F.2d 876, 885 (2d Cir. 1980).

12 Doe v. Unocal Corp., Nos. BC 237980, BC 237679, 2002 WL 33944506 (Cal. Super. Ct. June 11, 2002). See Unocal Settles Rights Suit in Myanmar, N.Y. Times, Dec. 14, 2004, at C6.

13 See Reisinger, Sue, Pfizer Settles Lawsuits over Drug Trials on Children in Nigeria, Corp. Couns. (Feb. 23, 2011)Google Scholar, http://www.law.com/corporatecounsel/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202482854504.

14 Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 677–80 (2009).

15 Elmaliach v Bank of China Ltd., 2013 NY slip. op. 05858 [110 AD3d 192] (Sept. 17, 2013).

16 Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746 (2014).

17 Supplemental Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae in Partial Support of Affirmance at *13, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 133 S. Ct. 1659 (2013) (No. 10-1491), 2012 WL 2161290.

18 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Dec. 16, 1966, S. Exec. Doc. No. E, 95-2, 999 U.N.T.S. 171; 138 Cong. Rec. S4781-84 (daily ed. Apr. 2, 1992) (Understanding 5).