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Enablers of Mass Atrocities?
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"A company risks enabling mass atrocities when it
provides resources, goods, services, or other forms
of practical support that help sustain crimes against
humanity or genocide." Human Rights First has released advice to companies on the risks of contributing to the world's worst crimes. |
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Judge Rules Torture Suit Against U.S. Contractors Can Proceed
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As US Judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by a group of former Iraqi detainees against US military contractors can proceed to the discovery stage. The lawsuit was filed in the US under the Alien Tort statute and alleges that L-3 Services, Inc. violated US and international law by directing and participating in abuses at Abu Ghraib and other Iraqi prisons. |
(06-08-2010)
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UK Government Sued for Failing to List Companies Under UN Sanctions on DRC Mineral Trade
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"Global Witness has applied to the UK High Court for a judicial review of the Government's failure to investigate a number of British companies and individuals known to have been trading in minerals sourced from war-torn eastern Congo. Extensive evidence from Global Witness, the UN Group of Experts and others, shows that British companies have supported armed groups by purchasing minerals from areas under their control in the DRC. Despite this, the UK government has never put any of them forward for sanctions." |
(26-07-2010)
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Conflict Minerals Law Passed in U.S.
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A new U.S. law requires publicly traded companies to disclose to the SEC whether their products contain gold, tin, tungsten or tantalum from Congo or adjacent countries. If so, they have to describe what measures they are taking to trace the minerals' origin. The State and Treasury departments are examining the possibility of future sanctions against U.S. companies that use "conflict minerals." |
(23-07-2010)
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US Military Paying Protection Money in Afghanistan
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Private companies sub-contracted to the Pentagon are allegedly "paying millions of dollars in protection money to Afghan warlords, and potentially to the Taliban, to secure convoys carrying supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan", congressional investigators said in a report. |
(22-06-2010)
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Mining Company Sued in UK Courts over alleged Police Torture in Peru
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"A British mining corporation is facing a multimillion-pound claim for damages after protesters were detained and allegedly tortured at an opencast copper plant in northern Peru....When the protesters marched to the mine they found armed police waiting for them. They say the police were being directed by the mine's managers – although its owner, Monterrico Metals, disputes this." See article and video here: |
(18-10-2009)
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Blackwater Gurads Indicted
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Five employees of the US security firm Blackwater have been indicted by U.S. authorities over the 2007 shooting of 17 Iraqis. A sixth man has plead guilty to one killing. The firm says its guards acted in self-defense when they opened fire while defending a convoy of U.S. diplomats. They are charged with 14 counts of manslaughter and weapons charges. |
(08-12-2008)
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