Problem odpowiedzialnosci korporacji wielonarodowych w Prawie Miedzynarodowym za naruszenia Praw Czlowieka

Abstract

The article presents the problem of responsibility of multinational corporations under International Law. Firstly, it is presented the question of proper terminology regarding multinational corporations. The author also discusses the history of multinational corporations, since the second half of the XIXth century. Secondly, the author presents the vital problem of responsibility of multinational corporations, its origin and examples of human rights violations committed by multinational corporations. Such responsibility under International Law is discussed under the notion of state responsibility. The author presents various treaty norms as well as jurisprudence regarding the subject of state responsibility for actions of non-state actors. It is also discussed the question of boundaries of such responsibility. In the last part of the article, the author introduces the possibility for direct responsibility of multinational corporations under International Law. At the very end of the article, the author evaluates direct as well as indirect responsibility of non-state actors under International Law.Multinational, transnational, corporation, history, responsibility, human rights