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Arbitrating Human Rights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Roger P. Alford
Roger P. Alford*
Affiliation:
Pepperdine University School of Law
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Immunity and Accountability: Is The Balance Shifting?
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 99 , 2005 , pp. 233 - 237
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© 2005 The American Society of International Law

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References

1 630 F.2d 876 (2d Cir. 1980).

2 488 U.S. 428 (1989).

3 The U.S. Supreme Court cited Filitariga with apparent approval in Sosa, 124 S.Ct. at 2764, but that was regarding the scope of the law of nations, not the scope of foreign officials'immunity.

4 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(6).

5 For a recent discussion, see In re Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation, 2005 WL 729177, (E.D.N.Y.2005). For references on the topic, see Ronen Shamir, Between Self-Regulation and the Alien Tort Claims Act: On the Contested Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility, 38 Law & Socy Rev. 635, 661-663 (2004).

6 See http://www.texaco.com/sitelets/ecuador/enypress_releases/2004-06-15_file_arbitration.asp> http://www.global exchange.org/countries/americas/ecuador/2021.html>. 4 See

7 See Kirgis, Paul F. Apportioning Tort Damages in New York: A Method to the Madness, 75 St. John's L. Rev. 427 (2001) (discussing New York rule); Tony Weir, All or Nothing?, 78 Tul. L. Rev. 511 (2004) (discussing English Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978).Google Scholar

8 See http://www.equator-principles.com.>

9 See http://www.miga.org/screens/policies/safeguarcVbackground.htm.>

10 See http://www.verite.org/services/main.html.>http://www.verite.org/services/main.html.

11 See

12 See Eliasoph, Ian H. A Missing Link: International Arbitration and the Ability of Private Actors to Enforce Human Rights Norms, Google Scholar