U.S. Supreme Court Declines South African Apartheid Victims' Case
The 14-year-old legal battle sought to hold the subsidiaries of multinational corporations like IBM and Ford to account for human rights violations committed during the apartheid regime.
The U.S. Supreme Court.
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South Africa:
U.S. Judge Rules Against Apartheid Claim
GroundUp, 4 September 2014
A US court has ruled against the Khulumani Support Group in its 12-year legal battle to bring US corporations to book for aiding the apartheid government. But Khulumani will appeal… Read more »
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South Africa:
Judge Dismisses Apartheid Case Against U.S. Companies
VOA, 28 August 2014
A U.S. judge has dismissed a 12 year-old lawsuit against two major corporations accused of encouraging human rights violations in apartheid-era South Africa. Read more »
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South Africa:
U.S. Motor Company Settles Apartheid Law Suit, Say Victims
Khulumani Support Group, 28 February 2012
Nearly ten years after Khulumani first lodged its lawsuit against alleged apartheid-era corporate collaborators with the security forces of the apartheid regime, a US court has… Read more »
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South Africa:
Landmark Ruling Allows Apartheid Victims to Sue Multinationals
Fahamu, 16 July 2009
In one of the most significant legal rulings in the post-apartheid history of South Africa, victims of apartheid have finally received the green light from a US judge to sue… Read more »
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South Africa:
Sasol Slapped With Reparations Bill
Mineweb, 6 April 2003
South African energy group, Sasol, scheduled to debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday (9 April), is the next in line to face apartheid reparation claims which have… Read more »
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South Africa:
IBM, ICL Accused of Apartheid Collaboration
ITWeb, 14 November 2002
IBM had an extensive involvement in the apartheid regime in that it was the largest computer supplier in SA, the Khulumani Support Group says in its complaint filed in the New York… Read more »
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South Africa:
NGO Launches US Apartheid Reparations Law Suit
SAPA, 12 November 2002
A non-governmental organisation has filed a lawsuit against 21 multinational corporations and leading international banks for helping prop up the apartheid state. Read more »