Resumen de Corporate Responsability in Transnational Human Rights Cases. The U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Kiobel v. royal Dutch Petroleum

Nerina Boschiero

• I. Introduction on the "State of the Art" in Respect to Business-Human Rights Relationship. -II. The Questions of Corporate Liability and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction over Abuses Committed Abroad in the Kiobel Case. -III. The Governments Positions on Universal Civil Jurisdiction. -IV. Critical Evaluation of the European Union Member States' Arguments on the Extraterritorial Application of ATS. -V. Conclusion on the Exercise of Extraterritorial Civil Jurisdiction.- VI. Addendum: The April 17, 2013 Supreme Court's Decision.- VII. The Constraints in the ATS: A Comment.- VIII. After Kiobel.