Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

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Climate change litigation against Total: NGOs and local authorities’ request for provisional measures pending trial

10 February 2023• Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, February 10, 2023 – New step in the legal action initiated by 6 NGOs and 16 local authorities: the coalition responds to...

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

1 December 2022• 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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Financing of Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential election by Libyan authorities: Airbus corruption cases in Libya face negotiated justice

29 November 2022• Addressing the root causes of poverty and resource deprivation in developing countries, Front page, Laundering Litigation, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, November 29, 2022 – Tomorrow, the Paris Judicial Court will confirm or dismiss the French equivalent of criminal transaction...

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Vinci

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

10 November 2022• 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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Perenco-pollution

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

9 November 2022• 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?

27 September 2022• 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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Yemen-IMA

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

2 June 2022• 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

18 May 2022• 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

12 May 2022• 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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Sherpa-Samsung

Samsung case on deceptive commercial practices grounds: French Supreme Court confirms inadmissibility of the CSOs’ claim

30 March 2022• Front page, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Non classé-en, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, 30 March 2022 – Sherpa and ActionAid argued that they could take action against the multinational on the basis of deceiving...

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Sherpa-Yves-Rocher

French cosmetics company Yves Rocher facing court proceedings for failure to ensure freedom of association and workers’ rights in Turkey

23 March 2022• Front page, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

23 March 2022 – Sherpa, ActionAid France, the Turkish trade union Petrol-Iş and 34 former employees of a Turkish subsidiary of the...

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Civil society calls on Thales to put an end to suspected indirect support to the Myanmar junta

30 November 2021• Corporate capture litigation, Corruption and embezzlement advocacy, Front page, International crimes, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, November 30, 2021 – Info Birmanie, Justice For Myanmar, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Sherpa denounce exports of military...

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Climate litigation against Total: the Versailles Court of Appeal confirms the jurisdiction of the judicial court

19 November 2021• Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, 18 November 2021 – In the climate litigation brought by 5 NGOs and 13 local authorities against Total, the Versailles Court of...

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Historic victory before French Supreme Court on the indictment of multinational Lafarge for complicity in crimes against humanity

7 September 2021• Front page, International crimes, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris/Berlin, 7 September 2021 – Today, France’s highest court, the Cour de cassation, decided that Lafarge’s indictment for...

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NGOs call out to Perenco: end the opacity to put a stop to the impunity of the multinational

29 July 2021• Corporate capture litigation, Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, 28 July 2021 – In a letter made public today, Sherpa, Friends of the Earth France and Avocats sans Frontières call the oil...

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