DC Court of Appeals
Reinstates Alien Tort Statute (ATS) Claims Against Exxon Mobil for
Complicity in Extraterritorial Acts Raising Policy Considerations
for Multinationals
2011 US App Lexis 13934
View the opinion - http://1.usa.gov/pE1M2r
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the context of human
rights due diligence, and the correlative financial performance of
multinationals, was made a more nuanced policy consideration by
another Court of Appeals decision.
On Friday, July 8, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit, reinstated a lawsuit by Indonesian
villagers that seeks to hold Exxon Mobil Corp. liable for alleged
killings and torture committed by Indonesian soldiers guarding its
natural gas operations in the country's Aceh province. In its 2
to 1 decision, the Court delineates its rationale and position
vis-à-vis the New York Circuit Court of Appeals opinion
which reached an opposite result on the ATS claims:
