Ncaso chevron ecuador pdf

Ecuador ii chevron corporation and texaco petroleum company v. Donzigers assumption that what happens in ecuador, stays in ecuador 126 b. Chevrons ten biggest lies about ecuador amazon watch. Ecuador s investment and international arbitration policy. Between 1972 and 1993, us oil firm texaco dumped over 30bn gallons of toxic waste and crude oil into the amazon rainforest in the north east of ecuador. Ecuador s court of cassation upheld the judgment except on the issue of punitive damages. Ecuador saga has held the arbitration communitys attention for over a decade. Defensa del ecuador frente al uso indebido del arbitraje. The amazon post chevrons views and opinions on the. Residents of ecuador s lago agrio region have been trying to force chevron to pay for water and soil contamination caused from 1964 to 1992 by texaco, which chevron acquired in 2001. Harmony of environmental protection and economic development from the legal perspective dr. Rights of nature tribunal presented by julio prieto on february 5, 1964, the ecuadorian government concessioned a land area of approximately 1,431,430 acres to the gulf texaco consortium to explore and extract oil from the ecuadorian amazon. Chevron corporation and texaco petroleum corporation v. Section 1 of this chapter, is a brief introduction to the chevron v.

A group of lawyers and activists concocted a plan to extort billions from chevron. In 2011, an ecuadorian court issued a judgement against chevron. The discovery was heralded as the salvation of ecuador s economy, the product that. They accused the company of dumping toxic waste in local. Amsterdam law forum alf is the studentrun international law journal of vu university. Every year alf publishes a winter, spring, and summer issue. The lago agrio court issued a judgment on 14 february 2011 and a clarification order on 4 march 2011the lago agrio judgment. Summary of overwhelming evidence against chevron in. When the evidence showed it was culpable, chevron started to attack the court process. Allegations of lack of judicial integrity in texaco.

The plaintiffs are undermining the due process rights of chevron. It also asked the isds tribunal to interfere with the national justice system in ecuador. Initially the company asked to be protected from the 1993 ecuador. Estudio realizado por carlos martin beristain, itziar fernandez y dario. Summary of overwhelming evidence against chevron in ecuador trial january 2012 an ecuadorian appeals court recently affirmed a trial court judgment finding chevron guilty of massive environmental contamination stemming from its ecuador. The villagers obtained a judgment against chevron in ecuador in 2011. The same contract and subsequent agreements established texaco as the operator in charge of all technical operations. Law and justice in the age of globalization this is the story of an unequal legal battle. Chevron wins ecuador rainforest oil dumping case bbc news. It began in 2003 when ecuadorian citizens instituted proceedings against chevron. Chevron by a complaint the lago agrio complaint filed before the superior court of justice of nueva loja in ecuador the lago agrio court on 7 may 2003. Caso chevron texaco repositorio uasb universidad andina.