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Workers’ rights in Turkiye: 47 former employees join the lawsuit against Yves Rocher

47 additional former employees have joined the legal action brought in France against the Yves Rocher Group for breach of its duty of vigilance in Turkiye.

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Corporate Impunity

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

Burdened with a debt of more than $6 billion the French retail group Casino is considering selling its Brazilian and Colombian stores to boost…

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Corporate Impunity

Uyghur forced labor: NGOs file new complaint requesting judicial investigation against garment companies

After the dismissal of the complaint filed in April 2021 against Uniqlo, SMCP, Inditex, and Skechers USA for concealment of crimes against humanity, Sherpa,…

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Corporate Impunity

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

New step in the legal action initiated by 6 NGOs and 16 local authorities: the coalition responds to TotalEnergies’ climate inaction strategy and delaying…

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Corporate Impunity

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

The eleven organizations that filed a lawsuit against Casino have refused the mediation suggested by the judge during last June’s hearing. According to the…

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

Tomorrow, the Paris Judicial Court will confirm or dismiss the French equivalent of criminal transaction (CJIP) concluded between Airbus and the National Financial Prosecutor’s…

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Corporate Impunity

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

A few days before the 2022 World Cup kick-off, French construction giant Vinci Construction Grands Projets has been indicted, in relation to its construction…

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Corporate Impunity

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

Sherpa and Friends of the Earth France, supported by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA-US), take legal action against the company Perenco S.A. over pollution…

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Corporate Impunity

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

On 2 June 2022, Sherpa, alongside Mwatana for Human Rights and the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), and with the support…

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Corporate Influence

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

The legal battle initiated by the associations to force Bolloré to remedy the human rights violations denounced in the context of the activities of…

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Corporate Impunity

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

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

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Corporate Impunity

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

Today, the Investigative Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeals decided: French multinational Lafarge is facing the charge of complicity in crimes against humanity. …

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Corporate Influence

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

Investigating judge dismissed the case against Auchan, following a complaint for misleading business practices initiated by Sherpa, ActionAid and the Collectif Ethique sur l’étiquette.…

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Corporate Impunity

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

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

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Corporate Influence

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

Sherpa and ActionAid argued that they could take action against the multinational on the basis of deceiving commercial practices. The French supreme court (Cour…

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Category: Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Workers’ rights in Turkiye: 47 former employees join the lawsuit against Yves Rocher

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

Uyghur forced labor: NGOs file new complaint requesting judicial investigation against garment companies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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