On 17 April 2013 the US Supreme Court has delivered the longtime awaited decision on Kiobel. Even if all Justices have shared the view that the Alien Tort Statute does not allow jurisdiction in this case, their reasoning differ notably. Compare in particular Chief Justice Roberts’ majority opinion with Justice Breyer’s opinion (joined by Justices Guinsburg, Kagan and Sotomayor).
See the decision: kiobel
On 19 April at 12:30pm a new workshop of PILAGG will be held at the room 208, of 13, rue de l’Université, 75007 Paris. We will discuss about migrations with:
Is there not room for human rights before the arbitrator? Is the investment regime not subordinated to general international law? Might the interests of affected communities not be represented through amicus briefs, supported by ONGs?
These are some of the questions that Horatia Muir Watt addresses in this paper
See the transcript of the hearings on Kiobel of 1st October 2012
The US Department of Justice has presented a supplemental brief in Kiobel et al v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co et al (USSC, N° 10-1491).
As it is well known, the question is whether and under what circumstances the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. 1350, allows courts to recognize a cause of action for violations of the law of nations occurring within the territory of a sovereign other than the United States.
Even though this brief may disappoint some expectations, its very content has several points of great interest that deserve to be read and debated.
See the amicus brief on: 10-1491bssacUnitedStates-2
Le vendredi 11 mai PILAGG a célébré sa réunion finale du cours 2011/2012. Soixante-dix personnes ont participé des activités de toute la journée. Pendant le déjeuner avec David Kennedy, une cinquantaine de doctorants et professeurs participants à la semaine doctorale intensive organisée par SPLS et l’Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, nous ont rejoint. Le compte rendu de la réunion (en anglais) préparé par Kellen Trilha et Ivana Isailovic, peut être consulté ici : CR PILAGG Final Meeting
Alex Mills, Gilles Cuniberti, Horatia Muir Watt, Sabine Corneloup
See David Kennedy’s paper on: David Kennedy-Paper-PILAGG FM
David Kennedy, Horatia Muir Watt, Mikhaïl Xifaras
Antônio Cançado Trindade, Diego P. Fernández Arroyo
Hans van Loon, Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, Frédérique Mestre
Jodie KIRSHNER, “Why is the U.S. abdicating the policing of multinational corporations to Europe?: Extraterritorialism, sovereignty, and the Alien Tort Statute”
The U.S. has policed the multinational effects of multinational
corporations more aggressively than any other country, but recent decisions
under the Alien Tort Statute indicate that it is now backtracking. Europe,
paradoxically, is moving in the other direction. Why do some countries
retract extraterritorial jurisdiction while others step forward? The
article traces the opposing trends through corporate human rights cases and
suggests that the answer may lie in attitudes towards national sovereignty.
The developments raise important questions regarding the position of the
U.S. in a globalizing world and its role in upholding international norms.
Where? At room H202A, 28 rue des Saints-Pères, 75007 Paris
When? May 4th, 12:30 to 2:30pm
Jodie Adams Kirshner is a University Lecturer in Corporate Law, a fellow of Peterhouse College, Cambridge and the Deputy Director of the Cambridge Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law. She has completed research fellowships at the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and the Cambridge Centre for Business Research as a Fulbright Scholar, the London Business School Centre for Corporate Governance, and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, Germany. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and graduate degrees from Columbia University in New York.
Le vendredi 13 avril, de 10h à 12h, Mads Andenas, Mattias Guyomar et Paul Tavernier vont débattre sur les propositions du Royaume Uni pour reformer la CEDH.
13, rue de l’Université, Salle du Conseil (5e étage)
Voir programme : British Proposals on ECHR
Le 7 mars, field trip à la Cour européenne de droits de l’homme – Audience de Grand Chambre dans l’affaire “Animal Defenders International vs UK” (voir : ADI vs UK – audience 3-7-11). L’audience commencera à 9h15.
Pour participer, contacter svp : cathy.grenier@sciences-po.fr
We invite you to read the remarkable Judge Cançado Trindade‘s dissenting opinion in the case Germany v Italy on Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (ICJ-Germany v Italy-Dissenting Opinion Judge Cancado Trindade).
You will find the decision of the Court, rendered on February 3, 2012, on ICJ-Germany v Italy-Judgment-Feb3-2012