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Remarks by Elizabeth A. Wilson

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Elizabeth A. Wilson*
Affiliation:
Seton Hall University; Rutgers Law School-Newark

Abstract

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Type
Kiobel, the ATS, and Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2014

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References

* Mr. Bellinger, Professor Damrosch, Professor Estreicher, and Professor Scheffer did not submit remarks for the Proceedings.

1 Human Rights Watch, Nigeria: The Ogoni Crisis: A Case Study of Military Repression in Southeastern Nigeria n.3 (1995) (“90 percent of Nigeria’s annual foreign exchange earnings and 80 percent of the federal government’s revenue” comes from oil originating in the Niger Delta region).

2 Boele, Richard, Fabig, Heike & Wheeler, David, Shell, Nigeria and the Ogoni. A Study in Unsustainable Development: I. The Story of Shell, Nigeria and the Ogoni People—Environment, Economy, Relationships: Conflict and Prospects For Resolution, 9 Sustainable Dev. 74–86 (2001)CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

3 U.S. Energy Information Administration, Independent Statistics & Analysis, U.S. Imports from Nigeria of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products (Thousand Barrels), http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MTTIMUSNI1&f=M.

4 Neal, Micaela L., The Niger Delta and Human Rights Lawsuits: A Search for the Optimal Legal Regime, 24 Pac. McGeorge Global Bus. & Dev. L.J. 343 n.44 (2011)Google Scholar.

5 MOSOP is an umbrella organization that includes numerous grassroots organizations, like the Conference of Ogoni Traditional Leaders, the National Youth Council of Ogoni People, the Council of Ogoni Professionals, and more. See http://www.mosopcanada.org/story.php.

6 Boele et al., supra note 2, at 80.

7 See Judith Burdin Asuni, Understanding the Armed Groups of the Niger Delta (Council on Foreign Relations Working Paper, 2009).

8 United Nations Environment Programme, Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland Report 12 (2011), available at http://www.unep.org/disastersandconflicts/CountryOperations/Nigeria/EnvironmentalAssessmentof-Ogonilandreport/tabid/54419/Default.aspx.

9 Id.

10 UNEP Team in Nigeria to Discuss Steps Needed to Implement Ogoniland Report, UNEIP News Centre, Feb. 5, 2013, http://www.unep.org/newscentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=2704&ArticleID=9386.