Accountability of foreign companies for misconduct in conflict areas

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Accountability of foreign companies for misconduct in conflict areas

Original language description

Foreign businesses suffer damage when armed violence and disorder emerges in particular area. Several norms of international investment law, international humanitarian law and human rights law apply to the protection of assets of business or investments in conflict zones. However, apart from being a victim of armed conflict, foreign business actors can act illegally. In particular, there is an increase of cases of complicity with (for example trade in goods or payments of incendiary in exchange for non-destruction) or active support of non-state actors (rebel groups or even terrorist groups) in conflict zones. The contribution addresses legal consequences of these illicit activities of corporate actors in areas of armed conflict from the perspective of public international law. The aim is not to engage in the controversial question of international legal (non) personality of transnational companies (which might open a plethora of another avenues on how to hold them accountable for misconduct)* but rather to assess other legal means for limiting impunity of foreign companies which may be based on existing and less controversial legal grounds. Firstly, the contribution asks if misconduct of a foreign investor can lead to the loss of investment protection, both on level of substance (exceptions from protection) or procedure (clean hands principle, inadmissibility of the claim etc.). Secondly, the contribution assesses whether physical persons (officials and executives of foreign companies) can be held responsible under international criminal law for the conduct of foreign companies that are not criminally responsible (as natural persons) under international law (Article 28, par. b). Thirdly, the contribution explains when assets of foreign companies fuelling the conflict by supporting rebel groups can become a legal military target in the sense of international human rights law.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50501 - Law

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Naděje právní vědy 2020

ISBN

978-80-261-1007-1

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Number of pages

24

Pages from-to

879-893

Publisher name

Západočeská univerzita v Plzni

Place of publication

Plzeň

Event location

Plzeň

Event date

Nov 27, 2020

Type of event by nationality

EUR - Evropská akce

UT code for WoS article

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