International Companies as Sponsors of Human Rights Violations Caused by Russian Aggression

Abstract

10 years in Ukraine there is a war started by Russian Federation. Funds from the state budget of the aggressor state are regularly directed to terrorist actions. Working in the market of the invader, each foreign company pays taxes, and therefore actually turns into a sponsor of murder and destruction. This indicates the relevance of the chosen topic. Accordingly, there is a need for its detailed consideration in order to identify the degree of involvement of foreign companies in the military conflict, the consequences of this phenomenon and to find out the possible solutions to the problems under study, which in this article is the goal. As tools for its achievement, a dialectical method was used (for the sake of a complete and objective understanding of the nature and signs of the phenomena of war, aggression, investment, sanctions, which are key in the context of the described); formal-legal method (due to the importance of proper interpretation of the norms of international treaties in the field of human rights protection, in order not to distort the meaning inherent in them), formal-logical method (taking into account the need to isolate the shortcomings of the legislative basis that provoke the studied problems). Thus, the regime of due diligence in the field of human rights and the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights as the main developments of subjects of international law in the outlined aspect as of now are analyzed. The correlation between the negative consequences in the context of stimulating companies to adhere to the fundamental principles of humanism and morality, and the lack of imperative in these and similar mechanisms - has been traced. It is proposed to create new levers that could legally accelerate de-escalation of the conflict. In addition, it should be noted that this rulemaking process requires careful work of researchers and is urgent, given that it concerns human life.