RIDP2017Vol88/issue1 – Individual Liability for Business Involvement in International Crimes

This issue is the second milestone on the way to the 20th AIDP World Congressdedicated to ‘Criminal Justice and Corporate Business’. It brings together theproceedings of the preparatory Colloquium on ‘Individual Liability for BusinessInvolvement in International Crimes’, held at the University of Buenos Aires onMarch 20th-23rd, 2017.
This volume contains the resolutions adopted in Buenos Aires as well as the generalreport, two special reports, and ten national reports (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia,Croatia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, United States). It offers abroad overview of the debate on and the main challenges raised by corporateinvolvement in international crimes. Through the analysis of both national andinternational case law and legislation, this issue provides insight into a varietyof topics related to the liability of corporate officials and sheds light on thedifferent doctrines of co-perpetration and complicity arising at the national andinternational level (eg: neutral acts, negligent complicity, complicity by omission,command responsibility; white collar crimes doctrine). Special attention is paid tothe complex balance to be achieved between an effective prosecution of theseconducts and the respect of the general principles of criminal responsibility.