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Canadian Companies Can Now Face Litigation for Human Rights Abuses Abroad

The judgment by the Supreme Court of Canada coincides with other developments at the international level to address the issue of accountability of TNCs for human rights violations.

Pushkar Anand

LAW RIGHTS WORLD. 2 HOURS AGO

In the last week of February, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) handed down a landmark judgment in Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya which opens a new chapter in the quest for holding transnational corporations (TNCs) responsible for the human rights abuses committed abroad. The SCC held that a civil action claiming damages for the breach of customary international law (CIL) obligations relating to human rights such as the prohibition against slavery, forced labour and torture by corporations can be brought before the domestic courts of Canada.

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