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Remarks by Julian Ku
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 March 2019
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I want to thank ASIL and Professor Jill Goldenziel, for inviting me to participate in today's panel.
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- Business and Human Rights in Action
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1 A few weeks after this presentation, the Supreme Court decided Jesner v. Arab Bank, 584 U.S. ___ (2018), holding that foreign corporations cannot be sued in U.S. courts under the Alien Tort Statute.
2 See Filártiga v. Peña-Irala, 630 F.2d 876 (2d Cir. 1980).
3 For a summary of the history of ATS lawsuits against corporations, see Ku, Julian G., The Curious Case of Corporate Liability Under the Alien Tort Statute: A Flawed System of Judicial Lawmaking, 51 Va. J. Int'l L. 353, 364–77 (2011)Google Scholar.
4 Licea v. Curacao Drydock Co., 584 F. Supp. 2d 1355 (S.D. Fla. 2008).
5 542 U.S. 692 (2004).
6 Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, 133 S. Ct. 1659 (2013).
7 Jesner v. Arab Bank, Transcript of Oral Argument, at 24–25, available at https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2017/16-499_i4dj.pdf.
8 See, e.g., Kern Alexander, Economic Sanctions 224–50 (2009).