Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Deforestation in Amazon: Despite the sale of some of its assets, the Casino Group will have to face justice

Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris / Bogotá / São Paulo – 10 July 2023 – Burdened with a debt of more than $6 billion the French retail group Casino is...

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Deforestation in the Amazon: organisations refuse the mediation proposal in the legal action against Casino

Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris / Bogota / Sao Paulo – December 2, 2022 – The eleven organizations that filed a lawsuit against Casino have refused the...

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French construction giant Vinci under judicial investigation for its construction sites in Qatar

Front page, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, 10 November 2022 – A few days before the 2022 World Cup kick-off, French construction giant Vinci Construction Grands Projets...

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French oil company Perenco sued over environmental damage in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, November 9, 2022 – Sherpa and Friends of the Earth France, supported by the  Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA-US),...

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Complaint for complicity in war crimes in Yemen: How could French arms companies be linked to the conflict in Yemen?

Front page, International crimes, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

27 September 2022 – On 2 June 2022, Sherpa, alongside Mwatana for Human Rights and the European Centre for Constitutional and Human...

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Bolloré case: associations’ victory in the Cameroonian palm oil case confirmed

Front page, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Versailles, 9 June 2022 – The legal battle initiated by the associations to force Bolloré to remedy the human rights violations...

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Aiding and abetting war crimes in Yemen: Criminal complaint submitted against French arms companies

Front page, International crimes, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris/Sana’a/Berlin, 2 June 2022 – Today, Mwatana for Human Rights, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)...

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Charges Confirmed against Lafarge for Complicity in Crimes against Humanity in Syria

Front page, International crimes, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris/Berlin, 18 May 2022 – Today, the Investigative Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeals decided: French multinational Lafarge is...

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Auchan and deceptive business practices : NGOs appeal the decision to dismiss the case

Front page, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, 12 May 2022 – Investigating judge dismissed the case against Auchan, following a complaint for misleading business practices...

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[Opinion] Corporate complicity in crimes against humanity: the Lafarge Case

International crimes, Legal Doctrine Articles, Sherpa in the media, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

In October 2022, Lafarge pleaded guilty in the US to funding terrorism and accepted to pay 778 million dollars in fine and forfeiture....

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