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The Corporate Veil Exposed: Why Multinationals Are Legally Immune & How to Hold Them Accountable
In this deep dive, we explore Dr. Virginia Rua's groundbreaking research on the legal vacuum that allows multinational corporations to operate with impunity. From the shocking wealth paradox where profits soar alongside environmental and human rights damages, to the historical legal loopholes that treat corporations as 'ghosts' in international law, we uncover why the old system fails. We reveal how the US Alien Tort Statute once offered hope but was closed, and how Europe's new legal strategies—like the French Duty of Vigilance law—are now the battleground. Discover the real cases (Erica, Lafarge, Shell) that tore open the corporate veil, and the structural barriers victims face. This is the defining legal battle of our generation: can mandatory human rights due diligence finally tame transnational capital, or will corporations build a thicker veil?
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