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Australia Should Force Firms to Report Human Rights Abuses in Anti-Slavery Law: Analyst

Australia should force companies to report potential human rights abuses as part of a review of its modern slavery disclosure rules, according to an analyst at a A$16 billion ($12 billion) fund manager who helped draft the current law. That …

Supreme Court: U.S. Courts Lack Jurisdiction to Hear Foreign Human Rights Claims

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that federal courts do not have jurisdiction to hear lawsuits against foreign corporations accused of aiding in human rights abuses abroad. In one of its biggest human rights cases in years, the justices …

Supreme Court Weighs If Firms Can Be Sued Over Human Rights Abuses Abroad

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would hear arguments next term on whether an 18th century U.S. law can be used to sue multinational corporations or others in American courts for alleged human rights abuses committed abroad. The …