Hear from the plaintiffs’ team that successfully litigated Araya v Nevsun to the Supreme Court of Canada, come up to speed on Canadian transnational tort law since then, listen to experts on the intricacies of litigating such cases and engage in thought-provoking conversations about the development of torts based on customary international law.

We are approaching the fifth anniversary of the SCC’s judgment in the case of Araya v Nevsun. In this historic decision, the SCC opened the door to tort claims against Canadian companies based on customary international law violations, including human rights abuses. While this judgment further opened the door for the litigation of transnational torts in Canadian courts, it left many questions unanswered. The lawyers who litigated the case on behalf of the plaintiffs are marking the anniversary by joining international law experts and practitioners in the field of business and human rights litigation to examine what comes next. What is the legacy of Araya v Nevsun? What is the future of transnational torts in Canada? And what can we learn from other jurisdictions?