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Corporate civil liability for violations of international humanitarian law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2007

Abstract

The fact that international humanitarian law violations are in the vast majority of cases prosecuted in criminal courts does not mean that a civil liability for these violations does not exist. This article seeks to explore the concept of civil liability of corporations involved in violations of international humanitarian law by providing an overview of the different legal issues raised by this concept and its implementation in both common law and continental law systems.

Type
Private Military Companies
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 2006

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