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20 Chi. J. Int'l L. 450 (2019-2020)
In Defense of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and the Case for International Corporate Accountability

handle is hein.journals/cjil20 and id is 458 raw text is: In Defense of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and the Case for International Corporate Accountability Osama Alkhawaja * Abstract In 2014, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL') examined evolving international standards of corporate accountabiliy and held that legal entities can be found liable for criminal conduct as a generalpiniple of international law. Prior to this decision, and in stark contrast to trends in domestic legal regimes, no legal entiy had ever been prosecuted, convicted, or sentenced in an international court. Although this marked a watershed moment in global corporate accountability mechanisms, it has had little precedential effect; scholars have argued it is because the decision lacked a valid legal basis and is imited in scope. This Comment addresses these criticisms by examining the legal and historical record informing the deision and corporate accountability in general. Furthermore, it confirms the holding that corporate accountabiliy is a general principle of international law and explores the use of this judgment as the basis or international corp orate accountability. Table of Contents I. Introduction......................................... ......452 II. Corporate Accountability Prior to the STL.......................454 A. General Principles of Law..................... ............455 B. In Conventions and Treaties................................456 C. In Customary Law ....................... ................457 D. In Judicial Decisions.....................................458 III. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon .............................465 University of Chicago Law School,J.D. 2020. I would like to thank Professors Jonathan Graubart, Nino Guruli, and Aziz Huq for their insightful commentary. I would also like to thank the staff of the Chicago Journal of International Law and the Salzburg Global Seminar for allowing me to present and workshop the ideas in this Comment at their annual symposiums. Lastly, I am indebted to Professor Caroline Kaeb and Carsten Stahn for their substantial research on this subject. All mistakes are my own. 450

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