The individual liability of corporate officers for crimes that are often framed as transnational human rights abuses is much debated. While it seems that some standards of liability are developing in the field of international criminal law, standards of criminal liability in cases where the alleged crimes do not amount to international crimes remain to some extent unclear. This article will examine a concrete case that was investigated by the Frankfurt/Main prosecutor’s office. Additionally, it will be considered whether international soft law standards on corporate human rights due diligence have an influence on how the existing standards of guarantor’s liability, and especially that of principals (Geschäftsherrenhaftung), are to be interpreted in these cases.

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Merowe Dam 项目 – 代币何时从合法商业活动转变为犯罪行为？跨国经营背景下担保人责任概念的思考

公司官员对经常被定为跨国侵犯人权的罪行的个人责任引起了很多争论。虽然国际刑法领域似乎正在制定一些责任标准，但在被指控的罪行不构成国际罪行的情况下，刑事责任标准在某种程度上仍不清楚。本文将研究法兰克福/主要检察官办公室调查的一个具体案件。此外，还将考虑关于公司人权尽职调查的国际软法标准是否会影响现有的担保人责任标准，尤其是委托人责任标准 (Geschäftsherrenhaftung) 在这些情况下的解释方式。