By Cristin Schmitz ( February 28, 2020, 5:11 PM EST) -- In a public international law decision that breaks new ground nationally and internationally, a divided Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that three Eritreans who claim they were abused and forced to work at a Canadian-owned mine in Eritrea can proceed with their damages suit in B. C. Supreme Court for alleged human rights violations that breached the norms of customary international law. . . .