ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the practice of an Argentinian organization called Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS) and their attempts to address corporate complicity in the crimes committed by the last military dictatorship (1976–1983) in Argentina. Section I lays down the systematic involvement of corporations in the crimes and discusses why was accountability for economic actors important in Argentina. Section II deals with the missing dimension of corporate accountability in transitional justice contexts and the nature of transitional justice process in Argentina which eventually led to some measure of accountability for economic actors. Section III discusses the critical role played by CELS in the transitional justice process in Argentina as well as their strategic legal interventions in so far as they engage with international criminal law. Finally, Section IV describes in great detail the case against managers of Ford Motors who were held accountable for their complicity in crimes against humanity committed during the dictatorship in Argentina. The chapter also discusses the legal and practical issues arising in such cases.
