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Prof. Dr. iur. Corinne Widmer Lüchinger

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Solidarische Haftung einer Bank für Menschenrechtsverletzungen im Sudan

On 16 February 2021, a New York court held that under Art. 50(1) of the Swiss Code of Obligations, a bank may become jointly and severally liable for human rights violations committed by a foreign government if those violations would not have occurred in the same frequency or magnitude without the bank’s financial services. The case was brought against the French bank BNP Paribas S.A. by victims…