In Kiobel v.Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.(2013),the 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 issue before 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 before the U.S. Supreme Court in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. was whether the Alien Tort Statute extended to corporations that aid and abet human rights violations as a matter of customary international law.

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