Chiquita Şirketince Işlenen İnsanlığa Karşı Suçların Soruşturmasında İzlenebilecek Stratejiye İlişkin Yol Haritası

Year 2016, Volume: 48 Issue: 65, 31 - 51, 12.12.2016

Yasir Gökçe Juan P. Calderon-meza

Abstract

Bu politika metni, Kolombiya’da insanlığa karşı dolaylı olarak suç işlemiş olan Chiquita Brands International şirketi yöneticilerinin yargılanması ve sonunda cezaya mahkum edilmesine yönelik stratejik bir savunma içeren ve akademik camiayı, sivil toplum gruplarını ve Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesi’ni de kapsayan  bir yol haritası çizmektedir. Makalemizde sözkonusu şirket yöneticilerinin Kolombiya’da insanlığa karşı dolaylı da olsa suç işledikleri ve çatışmayı derinleştirdikleri tespiti yapılmış, ancak şirketin henüz uygulama safhasında olan ve müzakereleri devam eden geçiş dönemi yerel adalet mekanizmaları önünde gerçek anlamda sorumlu tutulmasının pek mümkün görülmediği vurgulanmış, bu cihetle bahsekonu soruşturmanın Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesi Savcısı tarafından açılması gerektiği sonucuna varılmıştır. Burada temel önermemiz, insanlığa karşı işlenen suçların doğrudan faillerine ilaveten, bilerek bu suçların işlenmesini finanse eden ve gerekli şartları hazırlayan dolaylı faillerinin de sorumlu tutulması gerektiğidir.

Keywords

Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesi, Chiquita Şirketi, Insanlığa Karşı Suçlar, Kolombiya, Geçiş Dönemi Adaleti, Yol Haritası

Roadmap on Advocacy Strategy to Prosecute Chiquita’s Atrocity Crimes

Abstract

This policy paper draws up a roadmap to conduct strategic advocacy aiming to engage partners from the academic and public interest field, as well as the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate, prosecute and eventually convict corporate executives of Chiquita Brands International who indirectly perpetrated crimes against humanity in Colombia and remain at large. We conclude that the Prosecutor of the ICC should open an investigation on the foreign corporate executives who indirectly perpetrated crimes and fueled the conflict in Colombia but cannot genuinely be tried by the domestic transitional justice currently under implementation and negotiation in Colombia. Our idea is to include corporate executives in the concept of most responsible perpetrators of atrocity crimes, thereby empowering victims to pursue justice not only against direct perpetrators but especially against those who knowingly sponsored and represented a necessary condition of the crimes.

Keywords

International Criminal Court, Chiquita Brands International, Crimes Against Humanity, Colombia, Transitional Justice, Roadmap

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