THE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN CONFLICT AND POST-CONFLICT CONTEXTS

Given recent events live internationally by various armed conflicts that affect the correct commercial operation in many countries, through social networks, we have received some inquiries of how to act in these situations. Although we have professional experience in some countries currently affected and therefore know the rights and obligations that international companies must meet in these specific contexts, we have proposed to investigate the matter and, through our blog, display information relevant about policies of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), derived from policies relating to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) that every company that interacts in these situations or at some point to be drawn into them must know perfectly for their own performance during the conflict and post conflict. There are 13 conflicts that tarnish the world right now: (In Europe) Ukraine; (In Asia) Palestine-Gaza, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen and Pakistan; (In Africa) Central African Republic, South Sudan, Mali, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria.

HOW THE CONFLICT OF UKRAINE AFFECTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE

These last days the markets are in tension caused by the latent conflict between Ukraine and Russia, due to the invasion of Crimea by Russia. This has important effects in the international markets which will definitely affect the prices of commodities and consequently there will experience imbalances in international trade to which we must be prepared .