Nearly a decade and a half ago, plaintiffs filed suit under the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”)1 against various corporations2 for allegedly aiding and abetting crimes proscribed by “the law of nations” (also called “customary international law”)3 committed during apartheid by the South African government against South Africans within South Africa's sovereign territory. - See more at: http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-2nd-circuit/1709048.html?DCMP=NWL-pro_injury#sthash.byCbQchM.dpuf