Book contents
- The Right to Life under International Law
- The Right to Life under International Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- An Historical Introduction to the Right to Life
- Part I Overview of the Right to Life under International Law
- Part II Major Themes
- Part III The Protection of At-Risk Groups and Individuals
- Part IV Accountability
- 32 The Right to Life and State Responsibility
- 33 The Right to Life and the Responsibility of International Organisations
- 34 Corporate Responsibility and the Right to Life
- 35 The Right to Life and the Responsibility of Non-State Armed Groups
- 36 The Right to Life and Non-governmental Organisations
- 37 The Right to Life and the Responsibility of Individuals
- Part V Human Rights Machinery Protecting the Right to Life
- Part VI Outlook
- Index
34 - Corporate Responsibility and the Right to Life
from Part IV - Accountability
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 September 2021
- The Right to Life under International Law
- The Right to Life under International Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- An Historical Introduction to the Right to Life
- Part I Overview of the Right to Life under International Law
- Part II Major Themes
- Part III The Protection of At-Risk Groups and Individuals
- Part IV Accountability
- 32 The Right to Life and State Responsibility
- 33 The Right to Life and the Responsibility of International Organisations
- 34 Corporate Responsibility and the Right to Life
- 35 The Right to Life and the Responsibility of Non-State Armed Groups
- 36 The Right to Life and Non-governmental Organisations
- 37 The Right to Life and the Responsibility of Individuals
- Part V Human Rights Machinery Protecting the Right to Life
- Part VI Outlook
- Index
Summary
It is generally accepted that bodies corporate are, at the least, partial subjects of international law and enjoy a measure of international legal personality when they are party to an armed conflict, as that notion is understood by international humanitarian law. It is further unquestioned that the members of a private corporation may be held individually responsible under international criminal law for international crimes they have committed in the course of their work. This was made clear in judgments in the Nuremberg Military Tribunals that followed the end of the Second World War. Bodies corporate are also bound by jus cogens human rights norms, including the prohibition on arbitrary deprivation of life and on enforced disappearance.
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- The Right to Life under International LawAn Interpretative Manual, pp. 647 - 658Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021