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Slippery justice for victims of oil spills in Nigeria
- Source: Africa Renewal, Volume 27, Issue 2, Aug 2013, p. 24 - 27
- French
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- 31 Aug 2013
Abstract
In a stunning and dramatic legal ruling that echoed from the serene court chambers in the Netherlands to the heart of rural Niger Delta in Nigeria, the District Court of The Hague dismissed all but one of the lawsuits brought against Royal Dutch Shell, an Anglo-Dutch oil and gas company, by a group of farmers seeking compensation for the environmental damage caused by the company.
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