On the Criminal Corporate Liability under the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

At the current stage in the legal community, there is a discussion on the expediency and effectiveness of implementing the institution of criminal corporate liability in the legal systems of States. In relation to the Russian Federation, the idea of the necessity to amend domestic legislation in favor of introducing a new subject of criminal responsibility is actively being inspired. Purpose: to analyze the individual provisions of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime that provide for the prosecution of corporate entities related with organized crime. Methods: the dialectical method of cognition is the basis of the research. The author also uses the empirical methods of comparison, description, interpretation, formal legal and interpretation of legal norms. Results: the study reveals a variety of approaches provided by international legal acts on the issue of liability the corporate entities. In particular, on the example of the UN Convention, it has been established that States with legal systems in which corporate entities cannot be subjects of crime have the opportunity to establish alternative forms of their responsibility. In this regard, the effectiveness of various conventional sanctions against corporate entities has been investigated. Based on the conducted research, the author states that there are no necessary conditions for changing the current criminal law system of the Russian Federation at its current stage of development in terms of criminalizing the liability of corporate entities.