The Last Struggle for Redress: Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign 
Resolutions on Civil Liability for Human Rights Violations

Requejo Isidro, Marta

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The Last Struggle for Redress: Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Resolutions on Civil Liability for Human Rights Violations

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Requejo Isidro, Marta
Department I, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg, Max Planck Society;

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Requejo Isidro, M. (2013). The Last Struggle for Redress: Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Resolutions on Civil Liability for Human Rights Violations. In Companies in conflict situations: building a research network on business, conflicts and human rights (pp. 71-86). Barcelona: Institut Català Internacional per la Pau.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0026-C2C0-C

Abstract

The decision of 14 February 2011 by the Provincial Court of Sucumbios culminates an unusual experience in the history of civil litigation for human rights violations by worldwide-operating corporations. Since the loosing party has no assets in Ecuador all hopes of the plaintiffs to collect the money lay with “exporting” the decision to other forums. In February 2013 an Ontario court stayed the recognition of the Ecuadorian ruling. The present study focuses on the possibilities of a different outcome in Spain, in light of the Spanish Private International Law regime