Abstract In June 2014, the African Union, Heads of States and Government adopted the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (known in short as the Malabo Protocol). If ratified, the Protocol would expand the jurisdiction of the proposed African Court of Justice and Human Rights to adjudicate matters of corporate criminal liability in Africa. This paper analyses the prospects of advancing corporate respect for human rights and access to judicial remedies by victims of corporate human rights abuse through the lens of Article 46 (C) of the Malabo Protocol. The departure point is that the adoption and ratification of the Protocol would be an important step in preventing or stopping human rights violations by corporate actors in Africa’s extractive resource industry. This position is predicated on the inference that the expanded jurisdiction provided by the Malabo Protocol is consistent with the commitment of African countries to implement Pillar II of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (Guiding Principles) on respect for human rights by corporate entities. In addition, the Malabo Protocol’s proposal to adjudicate corporate criminal liability is consistent with Pillar III of the Guiding Principles on the provision of remedies for human rights violations. Creating a regional approach to address corporate criminality is an important African solution to a pressing African problem.

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使用《马拉博议定书》第46条（C）款解决撒哈拉以南非洲采掘资源行业中的人权问题

摘要2014年6月，非洲联盟，国家元首和政府首脑通过了《关于修正《非洲法院与人权规约议定书》的议定书》（简称《马拉博议定书》）。如果批准，该议定书将扩大拟议中的非洲法院和人权法院的管辖权，以裁定非洲的公司刑事责任事项。本文通过《马拉博议定书》第46（C）条的视角，分析了促进公司尊重人权和公司侵犯人权行为的受害者获得司法救济的前景。出发点是，通过和批准该《议定书》将是预防或制止非洲采掘资源行业中公司行为者侵犯人权的重要一步。该立场是基于这样的推论，即《马拉博议定书》所提供的扩大的管辖权与非洲国家对执行《联合国企业与人权指导原则》（《指导原则》）的第二支柱的承诺相一致。实体。此外，《马拉博议定书》中关于确定公司刑事责任的提议与《指导原则》第三支柱有关为侵犯人权的行为提供补救措施相一致。建立解决公司犯罪的区域方法是非洲解决紧迫非洲问题的重要解决方案。