A tribunal convened at the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that former settlement agreements protected Chevron from paying to Ecuador a $19 billion fine for polluting the Amazon basin region...
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October 04, 2013
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a District Court finding that Argentina had waived its immunity under the implied waiver and arbitral award exceptions to the Foreign...
October 04, 2013
The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) has unanimously upheld the conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor on eleven counts of war crimes and crimes against...
October 04, 2013
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that, according to the press release, "Turkish nationals do not have the right to enter the territory of an EU Member State without a visa in...
October 04, 2013
The United States has become the ninety-first country to sign the Arms Trade Treaty. In his remarks at the signing ceremony, Secretary Kerry stated that the treaty strengthens U.S. security and "...
October 04, 2013
The International Court of Justice has removed from the Court's List the case brought by Ecuador against Colombia on March 31 2008, regarding a dispute concerning "Colombia's aerial spraying of...
October 04, 2013
The Second Circuit held that the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2013 decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum bars the Alien Tort Statute claims against Ford, Daimler, and IBM for allegedly aiding...
October 01, 2013
The International Labour Organization's (ILO) Domestic Workers Convention came into force on September 5, 2013. The Convention was adopted by the ILO in 2011 and required ratification by two ILO...