EXTRA-TERRITORIALITY
November 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Commerce (ICC) wants the European Commission to call for changes to the USA's 1789 Alien Tort Statute, allowing non-American companies to be sued in US courts for alleged human rights, labour and environmental offences committed in third countries. The ICC is particularly worried about liability claims brought in US courts "against a large number of companies" for losses suffered by non-whites in apartheid South Africa; other EU companies facing (different) claims include Shell and French rail operator SNCF.In a letter ...
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