July 2011

Indirect expropriations in the jurisprudence of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal

The country of Iran was a powder keg of social unrest in the late 1970’s as the regime of Shah, backed by United States, was on the brink of collapse. The world looked on as the government collapsed and the Islamic regime took over. Part of the new regime’s anti-American strategy was to freeze all U.S. assets in Iran, as well as takeover western businesses. Investors were left with no recourse and massive...

Author(s): Robert Abtahi

July 2011

Barriers to transnational human rights litigation against transnational corporations (TNCs): The need for cooperation between home and host countries

Till date, the enforcement of international human rights law has been relied largely on judicial remedies at the national level. This is more specifically for corporate human rights violation cases where a remedy mechanism to hold transnational corporations (TNCs) directly liable at the international level is absent. Transnational litigation has been increasingly utilized by victims of corporate-related human rights...

Author(s): Iman Prihandono