Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide

Note on Sources List of Illustrations Foreword -- by Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Founding Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Corporation as an Atrocity Contributor a. Historical Perspective - British East India / Dutch East India b. Recent history - IG Farben - WWI, WWII c. Modern history - Kiobel litigation 3. The Corporation as a Subject of International Law a. Status as a "Legal Person" b. Application of the Genocide Convention c. Recognition by the International Court of Justice d. International Criminal Tribunal Jurisdiction 4. Modes of Criminal Liability under International Law a. Proving Genocide b. Complicity to Genocide c. Command Responsibility d. Aiding and Abetting e. Joint Criminal Enterprise (JCE) 5. Case Studies: Corporate Complicity in Genocide a. Chinese National Petroleum Corporation & the Darfur Genocide b. German Chemical Corporations & the Kurdish Genocide 6. Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide: The Domestic versus the International Path a. Universal Jurisdiction over Jus Cogens conduct b. Domestic Prosecution c. International Prosecution 7. Arguments Against Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide a. Legal Critiques b. Policy Critiques c. Economic Critiques 8. Conclusion Appendix 1: Arrest Warrant for President al-Bashir on Charges of Genocide Appendix 2: Unclassified List of German Corporations Implicated in Developing Iraq's Chemical Weapons Program Appendix 3: U.S. Department of Justice Instructions for Prosecution Corporations Appendix 4: Bill C-45: Amendments to the Criminal Code Affecting the Criminal Liability of Organizations About the Author Index