Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Corporate Legal Accountability Project

Caseprofiles–Organized by country where alleged harm occurred

March 2011

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AFRICA
Lawsuit / Locus of harm / Locus of lawsuit
Nestle lawsuit re child labor / Côte d’Ivoire / USA
Trafigura lawsuit / Côte d’Ivoire / Côte d’Ivoire, UK, Netherlands
Anvil Mining lawsuit / DRC / DRC, Australia, Canada
Firestone lawsuit / Liberia / USA
Hiribo Mohammed v. Redland Roses / Kenya / Kenya
German cos. re Hereros / Namibia / USA
Chevron lawsuit / Nigeria / USA
Pfizer lawsuit / Nigeria / Nigeria, USA
Shell lawsuit re Ogoni 9 / Nigeria / USA
Shell lawsuit re oil pollution / Nigeria / Netherlands
AngloGold Ashanti lawsuit re silicosis / South Africa / South Africa
Apartheid reparations / South Africa / USA
Cape/Gencor / South Africa / UK
Hoffmann v. South African Airways re HIV employment discrimination / South Africa / South Africa
Biwater arbitration / Tanzania / ICSID
Rolling Stone tabloid lawsuit re homosexuals / Uganda / Uganda
HIV employment discrimination / Kenya / Kenya
DLH lawsuit re link btw timber sales & “funding” Liberian civil war / Liberia / France
Touareg lawsuit against Areva / Niger / France
British American Tobacco lawsuit (re marketing to minors) / Nigeria / Nigeria
Gas flaring lawsuit / Nigeria / Nigeria
AngloPlatinum lawsuit re displacement / South Africa / South Africa
Thor Chemicals / South Africa / UK
Thomson Safaris re displacement and abuse of Masai people / Tanzania / Tanzania
Bushmen lawsuit against Gov’t of Botswana re displacement & diamond mining concessions from their land granted to DeBeers / Botswana / Botswana
Paladin Energy lawsuit by Citizens for Justice in Malawi over radioactive pollution from uranium mine / Malawi / Malawi
Nigerian NGO case against gov’t & oil companies re oil pollution / Nigeria / ECOWAS
AngloAmerican lawsuit by former miners re work related illness (silicosis) / South Africa / South Africa
Khulumani v Sasol / South Africa / South Africa
Lundin Petroleum involvement in Sudan – Swedish prosecutor investigates / Sudan / Sweden
Neuman Kaffee Gruppe – FIAN files OECD complaint re abuses / Uganda / Germany
ASIA/PACIFIC
Lawsuit / Locus of harm / Locus of lawsuit
Lidl charges brought under unfair competition laws re working conditions of Bangladeshi textile workers / Bangladesh / Germany
Unocal lawsuit / Burma / USA
Total lawsuit / Burma / Belgium
Yahoo! lawsuit / China / USA
Nokia lawsuit / China / China
Coca Cola lawsuit re water depletion issues / India / India
Union Carbide/Dow lawsuit / India / USA, India
Vedanta lawsuit / India / India
ExxonMobil lawsuit re Aceh / Indonesia / USA
Freeport McMoRan lawsuit re West Papua / Indonesia / USA
Chisso Corp. Minamata mercury poisoning / Japan / Japan
Nishimatsu settlement re wartime Chinese forced labour / Japan / Japan
BHP lawsuit re Papua New Guinea / Papua New Guinea / Australia/ PNG
Rio Tinto lawsuit / Papua New Guinea / USA
Sanlu execs on trial re milk scandal / China / China
Lapindo Brantas mud volcano / Indonesia / Indonesia
Newmont Mining / Indonesia / Indonesia
Penan people of Sarawak lawsuit re land rights, logging concessions / Malaysia / Malaysia
Agent Orange litigation / Vietnam / USA
Closure of ship-breaking yards / Bangladesh / Bangladesh
Bayer lawsuit re attempt to limit marketing of generic drugs / India / India
Canadian toxic waste exported to India / India / India
Freeport McMoRan lawsuit (Aug 2009 & Mar 2010) / Indonesia / Indonesia
Lawsuit against JapanTobacco / Japan / Japan
Landmark court decision re oil palm plantations, protection of tribal land / Malaysia / Malaysia
Lawsuit against 3 mining firms brought by coastal village asking court to stop all extraction & exploration, testing new environmental protections / Philippines / Philippines
Marcopper mining charged with putting toxic tailings into MogpogRiver / Philippines / Philippines
Cutter (Bayer sub) lawsuit re sale of contaminated blood products to patients / Taiwan/Hong Kong / USA
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand Mae Mo villagers / Thailand / Thailand
EASTERN EUROPE
Lawsuit / Locus of harm / Locus of lawsuit
Fadeyeva v Russia / Russia / Russia, ECHR
Polish labour lawsuit / Poland / Poland
Russian discrimination lawsuit re sexual orientation / Russia / Russia
Deno Gold Mining pollution & Shahumyan Region / Armenia / Armenia
Former Deno Gold Mining employees sue for unpaid wages / Armenia / Armenia
Roma discrimination / Bulgaria / Bulgaria
Croatian Serbs file class action against L-3 & sub, MPRI re genocide during Balkan war / Croatia / USA
Lake Baikal & Trans-Siberian pipeline route / Russia / Russia
Prosecutors open criminal investigation on Skochynsky coalmine accident of safety rule violations / Ukraine / Ukraine
Child labour in Uzbek cotton industry / Uzbekistan / Uzbekistan/EU
Betlis Tekstil sued by workers over alleged illegal dismissals after reporting health safety concerns / Uzbekistan / Uzbekistan
LATIN AMERICA
Lawsuit / Locus of harm / Locus of lawsuit
Sweatshop labour Bolivian migrant workers / Argentina / Argentina
BASF, Shell pay fined re plant contamination case / Brazil / Brazil
BP lawsuit / Colombia / UK
Chiquita lawsuit / Colombia / USA
Coca-Cola lawsuit / Colombia / USA
Drummond lawsuit / Colombia / USA
Occidental lawsuit / Colombia / USA
Texaco/Chevron lawsuit / Ecuador / Ecuador, USA
DynCorp / Ecuador / USA
Cambior lawsuit re Omai Mine / Guyana / Canada, Guyana
Minera Majaz/ Monterrico Metals / Peru / Peru/ UK
Daimler re “Dirty War” / Argentina / USA, Argentina
Ford lawsuit re “Dirty War” / Argentina / Argentina
Botnia paper mill / Argentina / Argentina
Celco re river pollution / Chile / Chile
Agua Mineral Chusmiza re indigenous water rights / Chile / Chile
Curacao Drydock / Curacao/Cuba / USA
Parota Dam / Mexico / Mexico
Dole, Dow, Amvac lawsuit re pesticide / Nicaragua / USA
Uranios del Sur re uranium mining vs right to healthy environment / Argentina / Argentina
Forced child labour at Nuestra Huella (agri. co.) / Argentina / Argentina
Monsanto lawsuit re GM soy / Brazil / Brazil
Belo Monte dam & indigenous peoples’ rights / Brazil / Brazil
Promel toxic waste / Chile / Chile
Nestle lawsuit / Colombia / Colombia
Dole lawsuit / Colombia / USA
Coca Cola & Incasa lawsuit re anti-union violence / Guatemala / USA
Hudbay sued regarding murder of Mayan community leader opposed to mining activities / Guatemala / Canada
Vicini Company class action re Haitian sugar cane cutters / Haiti/Dominican Rep. / Dominican Rep.
Copper Mesa lawsuit / Ecuador / Canada
AtoyacRiver pollution by Pemex and Black & Veatch / Mexico / Mexico
Grupo Mexico sued over Pasta de Conchos mining disaster / Mexico / USA
Occidental lawsuit / Peru / Peru (dismissed in US)
Occidential Petroleum lawsuit re Achuar & oil pollution / Peru / USA
Repsol, Hunt Oil lawsuit re lack of consultation w/ indigenous peoples / Peru / Peru
Doe Run lawsuit / Peru / Peru
Saramaka People v. Suriname (re indigenous land rights and logging concessions) / Suriname / IACHR
MIDDLE EAST
Lawsuit / Locus of harm / Locus of lawsuit
Blackwater lawsuit / Iraq / USA
CACI/Titan (L-3) lawsuit / Iraq / USA
KBR lawsuit re human trafficking / Iraq / USA
Jeppesen lawsuit / Morocco, Egypt, Jordan / USA
Erinys lawsuit re Iraq / Iraq / UK
Corrie v. Caterpillar / Occupied Terr. / USA
Alstom & Veolia re tram / Occupied Terr. / France
Bil’in Village v GreenPark / Occupied Terr. / Canada
ArmorGroup re crimes in Iraq / Iraq / Iraq
Nokia Siemens lawsuit re Iran / Iran / USA
Aegis Defense Services lawsuit re shooting of US soldier / Iraq / USA
KBR rape lawsuit / Iraq / USA
KBR lawsuit over toxic burn bits / Iraq / USA
Riwal lawsuit re involvement in building separation wall btw Israel & Palestine & building settlements / Israel/OPT / Netherlands
WESTERN EUROPE
Lawsuit / Locus of harm / Locus of lawsuit
Statoil lawsuit re fraudulent employment of Human Rights Advisor / Norway / USA
IBM lawsuit re Holocaust / Switzerland / Switzerland
SNCF lawsuit re Holocaust / France / France, USA
ThyssenKrupp execs re worker deaths / Italy / Italy
UNITED STATES & CANADA
Lawsuit / Locus of harm / Locus of lawsuit
BP lawsuit re Alaska / USA / USA
Coca-Cola race bias / USA / USA
Gulf of Mexico oil spill lawsuits / USA / USA
Kivalina lawsuit (Alaska) / USA / USA
Mitsubishi sexual harassment / USA / USA
Nike v Kasky (re commercial speech) / USA / USA
Saipan garment workers / USA (Comm. of N. MarianasIslands) / USA
Slavery reparations / USA / USA
Shoshone tribe sue to stop Barrick Gold mine / USA / USA
Wal-Mart gender bias / USA / USA
Citigroup gender bias / USA / USA
Esmor Correctional Services (conditions at INS detention centre) / USA / USA
Ford lawsuit re sexual harassment / USA / USA
Mossville, LA dioxin poisoning / USA / Inter-American Comm’n for HR
Red Chris mining lawsuit re threat to Tahltan Nation / Canada / Canada
Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia (re logging concessions and indigenous peoples’ land rights) / Canada / Canada
EPA action e-waste exporter to 3rd world / USA / USA
Inupiat lawsuit re water pollution / USA / USA
Myriad Genetics challenged on patenting breast cancer gene / USA / USA
PA Child Care lawsuit re juvenile offenders & lengthened detention through kick-back scheme with judges / USA / USA
Pregnancy bias lawsuit v Bloomberg / USA / USA
Starbucks re anti-union activity / USA / USA
Wells Fargo discrimination in sub-prime mortgages / USA / USA
US cities sue Sygenta to have them remove toxic weed killer from drinking water / USA / USA
Global Horizons lawsuit re human trafficking of Thai farmworkers / USA / USA
Lorillard Tobacco lawsuit re enticing black children to smoke (1950s) / USA / USA

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