Non-State Actors for Profit: Revisiting Transnational Corporations' Personhood and Responsibility under International Law

37 Pages Posted: 13 Dec 2024

Date Written: July 30, 2023

Abstract

The growing impact of Transnational Corporations (TCs) on international trade, investment, and human rights raises the question of international corporate responsibility. For international responsibility, TCs must be recognized as subjects of international law with legal personality. Apart from states as the primary subjects of international law, such status has been granted to intergovernmental organizations (IGOs). The factors that contributed to the IGOs’ recognition as international law subjects seem to be present for TCs today. While the International Court of Justice granted such legal status to IGOs, for TCs, the best path to recognition would be to establish a global authority with a publicprivate partnership structure and a self-contained regime to regulate and hold TCs responsible for their internationally wrongful acts. 

Keywords: Transnational corporations, international subjects, international legal personality international corporate responsibility, self-contained regimes, internationally wrongful acts, wada

Suggested Citation

Beshkardana, Katayoon and Shahlaei, Faraz, Non-State Actors for Profit: Revisiting Transnational Corporations' Personhood and Responsibility under International Law (July 30, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5006471 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5006471

Katayoon Beshkardana

Morgan State University ( email )

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Faraz Shahlaei (Contact Author)

Loyola Law School ( email )

919 Albany Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211
United States

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