Center for Constitutional Rights: Human Rights Groups Urge High Court to Reject Immunity for Corporations
October 23, 2020
October 23, 2020
NEW YORK, Oct. 23 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following news release on Oct. 22:
Fifteen international human rights organizations submitted a brief to the United States Supreme Court in support of holding U.S. corporations complicit in serious human rights violations liable in U.S. courts. The case, Doe, et al. v. Nestle USA, Inc./Cargill, Inc., concerns Nestle USA's and Cargill's alleged role in child slavery and forced labor in the Ivory Coast for decades. A . . .
Fifteen international human rights organizations submitted a brief to the United States Supreme Court in support of holding U.S. corporations complicit in serious human rights violations liable in U.S. courts. The case, Doe, et al. v. Nestle USA, Inc./Cargill, Inc., concerns Nestle USA's and Cargill's alleged role in child slavery and forced labor in the Ivory Coast for decades. A . . .