Abstract:Multinational enterprises can go unpunished for acts, even amounting to human rights violations, that are committed in developing countries. Because the subsidiary has committed these acts, the mother company itself escapes liability. In this article, we will analyse how one can nevertheless react against acts of subsidiaries abroad. We will study the possibility of liability in tort and the grounds for piercing the corporate veil in French, Belgian, and English law. We then make a comparison with the economic… Show more
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