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Corporate Impunity

Climate change litigation against Total: a first victory for the NGOs and local authorities

Paris, 11 February 2021 – In the climate change litigation against Total, the tribunal ruled in favour of the 5 NGOs and 14 local…
Analysis and recommendations
Corporate Impunity

Strengthening Corporate Accountability: Toward an Ambitious European Legislation on the Duty of Vigilance

January 26, 2021 – Adopted in 2017 after a long advocacy, the French law on the duty of vigilance is a world first in…
Press release
Corporate Influence

The agreements concluded by companies before the National Contact Point of the OECD must be respected

Hearing day in the case initiated against Bolloré by a collective of NGOs coordinated by Sherpa regarding the unethical practices of the Cameroonian Socapalm,…
Investigation and report
Corporate Impunity

“Mining with meaning”: the content of vigilance plans is still insufficient according to a new study published by Sherpa

Paris, October 29, 2020 – In a study on vigilance in the supply chains of minerals used in the energy transition, Sherpa highlights the…
Press release
Illicit Financial Flows

Complaint in France against BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Natixis, CIC and Rivage Investment for money laundering and concealment

On September 30, 2020, Sherpa and the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation called on the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office to open an investigation for money…
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Corporate Impunity

Indigenous organisations and NGO coalition warn top French supermarket Casino: do not sell beef from deforestation in Brazil and Colombia – or face French law

Paris, 21 September 2020 – An international coalition of associations (Canopée, CPT, Envol Vert, Mighty Earth, Notre Affaire à Tous, and Sherpa) and representative Indigenous…
Press release
Corporate Impunity

Continuing opacity: the court denies access to information on perenco’s oil activities

The Court of Appeal denied Sherpa and Friends of the Earth’s request to authorize a bailiff to seize documents at Perenco France’s headquarters. The…
Press release
Illicit Financial Flows

“Ill-gotten gains”: Rifaat Al Assad, uncle of the Syrian president, convicted in France for laundering to the detriment of the Syrian people

The Paris court sentenced Rifaat Al-Assad, uncle of Syrian ruler Bashar Al-Assad, to 4 years in prison in particular for organised laundering of embezzlement…
Open Letter
Civic Space

Ending Gag Lawsuits in Europe Protecting Democracy and Fundamental Rights

The problem: gag lawsuits against public interest defenders The EU must end gag lawsuits used to silence individuals and organisations that hold those in…
Press release
Corporate Impunity

Report to the AMF about Total’s Financial informations & Climate Risks

Paris, 28 May 2020 – Notre Affaire à Tous and Sherpa have reported to the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) potential contradictions, inaccuracies and…
Press release
Corporate Impunity

Voltalia must put an end to its relationship with a company linked to the Myanmar military

While the Myanmar military is once again accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by the United Nations, the UN Fact Finding…
Press release
Illicit Financial Flows

A missed opportunity : France’s return of Gulnara Karimova’s illegally acquired assets

Paris, May the 20th, 2020 – The NGO’s Transparency International France (TI-F), Sherpa and the Human Rights Association in Central Asia (AHRCA) are highly…
Press release
Illicit Financial Flows

Harsher sentence in appeal for Teodoro Obiang Jr: “France is no longer a welcoming country for the proceeds of laundered and dirty money”

Paris, 10.02.2020 – The Paris Court of Appeal rendered its decision in the trial of Teodoro Obiang Jr, Vice-President of Equatorial Guinea. It confirmed the…
Press release
Corporate Impunity

First climate change litigation against Total in France: 14 local authorities and 5 NGOs take Total to court

Paris, January 28, 2020 – Fourteen local authorities [1], together with the NGOs Notre Affaire à Tous, Sherpa, France Nature Environnement, Eco Maires and…
Press release
Illicit Financial Flows

« Ill-Gotten Gains » Riffat al-Assad, uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, will stand trial in France for money laundering allegedly using funds to the detriment of the Syrian people

Paris, December 6, 2019 – « Ill-Gotten Gains » Riffat al-Assad, uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, will stand trial in France for money laundering…
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