Fallout from Cisco in Human Rights Cases, Part I: Al Shimari
As regular readers know, last June the U.S. Supreme Court closed the door on modern human rights claims under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), holding in Cisco Systems Inc. v. Doe (2026) that the ATS’s implied cause of action does not cover such claims. In two posts, today and tomorrow, I consider recent lower-court developments…
Continue ReadingFourth Circuit Affirms $42 Million Jury Verdict in Abu Ghraib Case
Editor’s Note: This article also appears in Just Security. Between October and December 2003, interrogators hired by CACI Premier Technology, Inc., along with members of the U.S. military, abused detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, subjecting them to sexual assault, forced nudity, dog threats and attacks, prolonged stress positions, and threats. In 2008, some…
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