Modern corporations are key participants in the new globalized
economy. As such, they have been accorded tremendous latitude and
granted extensive rights. However, accompanying obligations have not
been similarly forthcoming. Chief among them is the obligation not to
commit atrocities or human rights abuses in the pursuit of profit.
Multinational corporations are increasingly complicit in genocides
that occur in the developing world. While they benefit enormously from
the crime, they are immune from prosecution at the international
level. _Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide_ proposes new legal
pathways to ensure such companies are held criminally liable for their
conduct by creating a framework for international criminal
jurisdiction. If a state or a person commits genocide, they are
punished, and international law demands such. Nevertheless, corporate
actors have successfully avoided this through an array of legal
arguments which Professor Kelly challenges. He demonstrates how
international criminal jurisdiction should be extended over
corporations for complicity in genocide and makes the case that it
should be done promptly.
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ISBN
9780190238926
Publisert
2020
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Oxford University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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