In CASE 24.3Kiobel v.Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.(2013)defendants,who had engaged in oil exploration and drilling in the Ogoni region of Nigeria for decades,were sued by the Ogoni indigenous peoples.The issuebefore the U.S.Supreme Court was whether the __________ extended to corporations that aid and abet human rights violations as a matter of customary international law.

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The issue in the case concerns the applicability of the Alien Tort Statute, a federal law that allows non-U.S. citizens to bring civil claims in U.S. courts for violations of international law. The specific question was whether this law applies to corporations that aid and abet human rights abuses abroad. The other options (A, B, and C) are not relevant to the issue in the case.