Responsabilidad civil corporativa por violaciones del Derecho internacional consuetudinario: Nota sobre la sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de Canadá en el caso Nevsun

In its judgment rendered on February 2020 in the case of Nevsun v. Araya, the Supreme Court of Canada opens the door to civil claims for damages by individuals against corporations before Canadian courts for violations of customary international law allegedly occurred abroad. The opinion revisits an...

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Main Author: Hurtado Cola, Jaime José
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2020
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Derecho internacional de los derechos humanos – responsabilidad civil por violaciones de derecho internacional consuetudinario – doctrina del act of state - derecho transnacional – cuasidelitos transnacionales – jurisdicción civil universal
International human rights law – civil liability for breaches of customary international law – the act of state doctrine – transnational law – transnational torts – universal civil jurisdiction
Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7688351
Source:Revista electrónica de estudios internacionales (REEI), ISSN 1697-5197, Nº. 40, 2020
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Responsabilidad civil corporativa por violaciones del Derecho internacional consuetudinario: Nota sobre la sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de Canadá en el caso Nevsun
Summary: In its judgment rendered on February 2020 in the case of Nevsun v. Araya, the Supreme Court of Canada opens the door to civil claims for damages by individuals against corporations before Canadian courts for violations of customary international law allegedly occurred abroad. The opinion revisits and analyzes in depth the state of the Canadian common law with respect to fundamental and controversial legal issues such as state immunity, the act of state doctrine, the adoption of the customary international law into the domestic legal system, the direct application of norms of public international law to private actors, the extraterritorial jurisdiction of civil courts, the division of powers and justiciability in domestic courts of acts by sovereign states, as well as the corporate liability for violations of customary international law norms (including human rights international law).

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