Doe v. Unocal Corp.

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Doe v. Unocal Corp. is a landmark U.S. human rights lawsuit in which Burmese villagers sued Unocal in federal court for alleged complicity in forced labor and other abuses linked to a gas pipeline project in Myanmar.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil action
human rights lawsuit
lawsuit
transnational human rights case
allegation complicity in arbitrary detention
complicity in forced labor
complicity in murder
complicity in rape
complicity in torture
other human rights abuses
appealTo United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
areaOfLaw corporate accountability law
international human rights law
tort law
citation Doe v. Unocal Corp., 110 F. Supp. 2d 1294 (C.D. Cal. 2000)
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.

Doe v. Unocal Corp., 248 F.3d 915 (9th Cir. 2001)
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.

Doe v. Unocal Corp., 395 F.3d 932 (9th Cir. 2002), opinion withdrawn
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.

Doe v. Unocal Corp., 963 F. Supp. 880 (C.D. Cal. 1997)
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.
country United States
court United States District Court for the Central District of California
defendant Union Oil Company of California
linked to: Union Oil

Unocal Corporation
impact influenced later Alien Tort Statute jurisprudence
raised awareness of corporate human rights responsibilities
involved French oil company Total S.A. (context of pipeline project)
linked to: TotalEnergies

Myanmar military
jurisdiction United States federal courts
linked to: U.S. federal courts
legalBasis Alien Tort Claims Act
linked to: Alien Tort Statute

Torture Victim Protection Act
legalIssue standard for aiding and abetting liability in human rights cases
whether corporations can be held liable under Alien Tort Claims Act
locationOfAbuses Tenasserim region of Myanmar
notableFor application of Alien Tort Claims Act to corporate conduct abroad
corporate accountability for overseas human rights abuses
first significant settlement of a human rights case against a multinational corporation in U.S. courts
pipelineName Yadana pipeline
linked to: Yadana project
plaintiff John Doe
other Burmese villagers
relatedTo Burma
linked to: Myanmar

Myanmar
Yadana gas pipeline project
settlement yes
settlementIncluded compensation for plaintiffs
funds for programs in Burma
settlementType confidential settlement
settlementYear 2004
subjectMatter corporate complicity in state abuses
human rights abuses connected to resource extraction
timePeriod 1990s
yearFiled 1996

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Unocal Corporation legalCase Doe v. Unocal Corp.
Yadana gas project legalCase Doe v. Unocal
subject linked to: Yadana gas project in Myanmar
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.
Doe v. Unocal Corp. citation Doe v. Unocal Corp., 963 F. Supp. 880 (C.D. Cal. 1997)
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.
Doe v. Unocal Corp. citation Doe v. Unocal Corp., 110 F. Supp. 2d 1294 (C.D. Cal. 2000)
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.
Doe v. Unocal Corp. citation Doe v. Unocal Corp., 248 F.3d 915 (9th Cir. 2001)
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.
Doe v. Unocal Corp. citation Doe v. Unocal Corp., 395 F.3d 932 (9th Cir. 2002), opinion withdrawn
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.