Upasana Khatri

Upasana Khatri is a U.S. human rights attorney based in EarthRights International's Amazon program office in Lima, Peru. She was previously a BeJust Fellow (http://berthafoundation.org/) in the Washington D.C. office. She is barred in the state of New York and is currently practicing in U.S. federal courts and within the Inter-American human rights system.

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Kiobel v. Cravath: An Example of How a Little-Known U.S. Law can be Used as a Pre-Litigation Tool Overseas

Kiobel v. Cravath: An Example of How a Little-Known U.S. Law can be Used as a Pre-Litigation Tool Overseas

When Esther Kiobel—who believes Shell collaborated with Nigerian authorities to commit gross human rights abuses, including the murder of her husband—could not find justice by suing Shell in U.S courts, she decided to sue the Dutch ...