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Corporate Impunity

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

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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Corporate Impunity

Lafarge/Syria: French Supreme Court decision postponed to 7 September 2021

Paris/Berlin, 15 July 2021 – Today, the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) was expected to issue its decision in the case against French multinational…

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Illicit Financial Flows

French Justice opens a judicial investigation and tasks judge with investigating the controversial sale of Rafale fighter jets to India on “corruption” suspicions

Paris, July, 5th 2021 — As a result of the complaint accompanied by criminal indemnification (partie civile) filed by Sherpa April, 20th 2021, French legal prosecutor requests…

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Corporate Impunity

Complaint against 4 textile giants for forced labour of Uyghurs: French justice opens an investigation for concealment of crimes against humanity

Paris, 2 July 2021 – The French judiciary announced yesterday that it has opened an investigation into the crime of concealment of crimes against humanity, following…

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Corporate Influence

Off the hook? How business lobbies against liability for human rights and environmental abuses

Paris, 21 June 2021 – Corporate lobbyists are fighting a proposed EU law that seeks to hold companies accountable for human rights abuses and…

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Corporate Impunity

Supreme Court hearing on Lafarge/Syria: Crucial verdict expected on corporate responsibility

Paris/Berlin, 8 June 2021 – Following today’s hearing on French company Lafarge and its involvement in the armed conflict in Syria between 2012-2014, the…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Ill Gotten Gains against Lebanese officials : opening of a preliminary investigation after Sherpa’s complaint

The National Financial Prosecutor’s Office has announced the opening of a preliminary investigation to be carried out by the Central Directorate of the Judicial…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Appeal trial of Rifaat al Assad in the Syrian Ill-Gotten Gains case

Paris, 5 May 2021 – Sherpa as civil claimant will take part in Rifaat al Assad’s appeal trial, which opens today. The uncle of Bashar al-Assad,…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Sherpa files a complaint before the French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office in a Lebanese Ill-Gotten Gains case

Sherpa, represented by its lawyers Maîtres William Bourdon and Amélie Lefebvre, is filing a complaint before the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office alongside the Collective…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Sherpa requests the opening of a judicial investigation with the status of civil claimant in the case of India’s Rafale deal

Paris, 28 April 2021 — Sherpa, represented by its lawyers Maîtres William Bourdon and Vincent Brenghart, is filing a complaint and requesting the opening of a…

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Corporate Impunity

Forced labor of Uyghurs: filing of a complaint in France against multinationals for concealment of forced labor and crimes against humanity*

Paris, April 12th,2021 Sherpa, the Collectif Ethique sur l’étiquette, the Uyghur Institute of Europe and an Uyghur victim, represented by the law firm Bourdon &…

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Corporate Influence

Violation of workers’ rights at Samsung: NGOs barred from court

NGOs Sherpa and ActionAid France’s claim against Samsung France on the ground of deceptive marketing practices was declared inadmissible, and the indictment of the…

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Corporate Impunity

First court decision in the climate litigation against Total: A promising interpretation of the French Duty of Vigilance Law

This blogpost was originally published on 26 March 2021 as part of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre series on mandatory human rights…

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Corporate Influence

Bolloré/Socapalm : the judge rules in favor of the NGOs !

While Bolloré tried to have the NGOs’ claim dismissed, the judge agreed with the NGOs. She ruled that an agreement resulting from a mediation…

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Corporate Impunity

Amazon indigenous communities and international NGOs sue supermarket giant Casino over deforestation and human rights violations

Indigenous groups to seek compensation for damages in first case brought against retail chain under groundbreaking French law to prevent social and environmental violations in supply chains.

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

Lafarge/Syria: French Supreme Court decision postponed to 7 September 2021

French Justice opens a judicial investigation and tasks judge with investigating the controversial sale of Rafale fighter jets to India on “corruption” suspicions

Complaint against 4 textile giants for forced labour of Uyghurs: French justice opens an investigation for concealment of crimes against humanity

Off the hook? How business lobbies against liability for human rights and environmental abuses

Supreme Court hearing on Lafarge/Syria: Crucial verdict expected on corporate responsibility

Ill Gotten Gains against Lebanese officials : opening of a preliminary investigation after Sherpa’s complaint

Appeal trial of Rifaat al Assad in the Syrian Ill-Gotten Gains case

Sherpa files a complaint before the French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office in a Lebanese Ill-Gotten Gains case

Sherpa requests the opening of a judicial investigation with the status of civil claimant in the case of India’s Rafale deal

Forced labor of Uyghurs: filing of a complaint in France against multinationals for concealment of forced labor and crimes against humanity*

Violation of workers’ rights at Samsung: NGOs barred from court

First court decision in the climate litigation against Total: A promising interpretation of the French Duty of Vigilance Law

Bolloré/Socapalm : the judge rules in favor of the NGOs !

Amazon indigenous communities and international NGOs sue supermarket giant Casino over deforestation and human rights violations

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