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What Remains Of The Alien Tort Statute After Nestlé Usa, Inc. V. Doe?, Clara Petch
What Remains Of The Alien Tort Statute After Nestlé Usa, Inc. V. Doe?, Clara Petch
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
Abstract
The Alien Tort Statute (ATS), which provides U.S. courts with jurisdiction over violations of the law of nations, has been a crucial mechanism for obtaining redress for international human rights abuses. However, over the past four decades, the Supreme Court has continually chipped away at the jurisdictional reach of the statute. Most recently, in June 2021, the Supreme Court addressed the scope of the ATS in two consolidated cases: Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe and Cargill, Inc. v. Doe. Plaintiffs were former trafficked and enslaved children forced to work on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast under grueling conditions. Plaintiffs …