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21 Sep 2010, 6:58 pm by Kevin Jon Heller
To the contrary, the Second Circuit’s landmark opinion in Filartiga v. [read post]
14 Oct 2015, 11:10 am by Milena Sterio
  The statute was dormant for two centuries, before it was resurrected in the famous Filartiga v. [read post]
26 Sep 2007, 9:02 am
Pena-Irala, 577 F.Supp. 860, 864 (E.D.N.Y.1984) (after entry of default, the court determined an award of damages by "look[ing] first to Paraguayan law in determining the remedy for the violation of international law"). [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 5:27 pm by Trey Childress
To the contrary, the Second Circuit’s landmark opinion in Filartiga v. [read post]
27 Apr 2018, 8:48 am by Chinmayi Sharma
Since the first case of this new era, Filartiga v. [read post]
24 Jul 2017, 7:57 am by Amy Howe
The plaintiffs, Joel and Dolly Filartiga, alleged that Pena-Irala had kidnapped Joel’s son and Dolly’s brother, Joelito, and tortured him to death in retaliation for Joel’s opposition to the Paraguayan government. [read post]
26 Feb 2012, 2:28 pm by Kurt T. Koehler
  In 1980 the Second Circuit Court of Appeals revived the statute ruling in Filartiga v. [read post]
16 Mar 2017, 7:08 pm
Joel Slawotsky, of the Radzyner School of Law, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel, and the Law and Business Schools of the College of Management, Rishon LeZion, Israel has guest blogged for "Law at the End of the Day"  on issues relating to corporate liability under international law  (e.g., "Rethinking Financial Crimes and Violations of International Law", Jan. 9, 2013; "Corporate Liability Under The Alien Tort Statute: The Latest Twist"April 26,… [read post]
24 Feb 2012, 9:09 pm by Lyle Denniston
Pena-Irala, launched what the Supreme Court has since described as a whole new generation of ATS litigation. [read post]
1 Feb 2018, 10:52 am
This from Sandrine Giroud, Partner at LALIVE in Geneva:I am proud to announce that the Geneva Bar Association includes as of today the role of lawyers in the protection of human rights in its Professional Code of Conduct in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. [read post]