Methodology for Remedy in Case of Violations of Human Rights by Transnational Corporations: Civil Liability in Fuzzy Logic or a Mechanism Beyond Civil Liability?

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10.22099/jls.2023.40692.4396

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The increasing growth of transnational corporations and their profound effects on the human life requires an appropriate and effective legal system. In this regard, the issue of remedy for human rights violations, committed by these companies is one of the serious challenges in the international and domestic legal system. On the one hand, despite the international nature of transnational corporations, the international liability of transnational corporations has yet to be defined in inetrantional human right law. On the other hand, due to the complex and transnational structure of these companies, there are serious challenges and obstacles in establishing civil liability in the domestic system for the damages caused by the harmful activities of these companies. This article aims to analyze the incompatibility between the traditional elements of civil liability with the complex structures of transnational corporations, therefore to answer the question of how the remedy can be provided in case of violation of human rights committed by transnational corporations. Can the extension of the traditional elements of civil liability in a fuzzy logic, adapt the civil liability mechanism to the needs of complex structures of transnational corporations, or should we seek remedy in a mechanism beyond civil liability?

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