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Settlement reached, provides $15.5m to compensate the plaintiffs, establish a trust for the benefit of the Ogoni people, and cover some of the legal costs and fees associated with the case.
New York, April 23, 2009 — Judge Kimba Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected Royal Dutch Shell’s motion to dismiss a human rights case charging the company and the head of its Nigerian operation, Brian Anderson, with complicity in the torture and killing of peaceful Nigerian protesters more than 10 years ago. Shell’s last ditch attempt to avoid trial claimed the court did not have jurisdiction to consider the case, but Judge Wood, in a 25-page ruling, overwhelmingly supported plaintiffs’ international law claims for extrajudicial killing, torture, arbitrary detention, and crimes against humanity. The trial will begin on May 26, 2009.
**LATEST UPDATE - The trial has been postponed until further notice. Please check back for more updates.
