COMMERCE CRIME AND HUMAN RIGHTS

In many cases, these goals can be achieved by actively recognising that corporate crimes need to be investigated and prosecuted properly through the better enforcement of existing laws and the use of specific policies and incentives encouraging law enforcement authorities to tackle corporate crimes. In his capacity as the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, John Ruggie affirmed that "criminal provisions remain mere words on paper unless States act upon their obligations to investigate individual and corporate involvement in business and human rights-related crimes"... In other cases, achieving these goals will require the adoption of new laws or the reform of existing laws. The Principles recognise that across the globe, law enforcement will face very different kinds of challenges. This document seeks to identify ten core principles that should guide all investigators and prosecutors in their..