A group of legal experts, with the support of Amnesty International and the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable, have developed a set of “Corporate Crime Principles” to advance the investigation and prosecution of human rights cases. Fafo Research Director Mark Taylor was a member of the experts group. The launch is today in London.
The Corporate Crime Principles aim to address business involvement in a broad range of crimes linked to human rights abuses including forced labour, human trafficking, war crimes, economic crimes and environmental harm. While they are aimed at governments and law enforcement officials in all countries, they highlight, in particular, cross-border crime where a business headquartered in one country is involved in criminal activity in another.
