Thank you to Chip, Jillian and Jon for your comments on the Kiobel decision
and Alien Tort Statute. I've spent some time investigating the case and its
implications. For those interested in Access' position and future
possibilities for human rights litigation from a digital rights
perspective,
That's a rather odd position for someone who works for a human rights group
to take.
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Peter Micek pe...@accessnow.org wrote:
Hey Collin,
It looks like the Supreme Court set a very high bar to overcoming the
presumption of territoriality in ATS cases.
That
Agreed.
This is a bad decision. The ATS is, as Chip wrote earlier, a jurisdictional
statute. And, quite frankly, its text and historical context strongly
suggests it captures extraterritoriality activities.
In 1789, the United States was a young republic, attempting to normalize
international
Libtech,
Today the Supreme Court handed down a ruling that seriously limited the
scope of the Alien Tort Statute on human rights cases. ATS was the grounds
that Iranians attempted to sue Nokia Siemens Networks for their sale of
lawful intercept, claims of liabilities for selling surveillance to
Hey Collin,
It looks like the Supreme Court set a very high bar to overcoming the
presumption of territoriality in ATS cases.
That US laws should apply only to traditional spaces of US jurisdiction is
presumed unless congress specifically says otherwise. Since the Filartiga v
Peña case in 1989,
...@lists.stanford.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Micek
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 4:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [liberationtech] Kiobel Ruling on Alien Tort Statute and
Censorship Tech
Hey Collin,
It looks like the Supreme Court set a very high bar to overcoming the
presumption of territoriality
