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Corporate Impunity

Submission from Sherpa and ECCHR on an indictment of Lafarge for complicity in crimes against humanity

Paris, May 15, 2018 – Sherpa and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), initiators of a criminal complaint against the cement-manufacturer Lafarge…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Investigation resumes in the case of concealment of Liberian blood timber v. DLH: an important step forward in the defense of Human Rights

29 March 2018 – On March 22, the Investigation Chamber of the Montpellier’s Court of Appeal overruled the decision made by the examining magistrate in…

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Corporate Impunity

Involvement of the BNP Paribas in the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda : Opening of the legal inquiry and nomination of an investigation judge

Paris, 26th of September 2017 – Following the complaint Sherpa, the Collectif des parties civiles pour le Rwanda (CPRC or coalition of civil parties…

News

Corporate Impunity

Petition on BNP Paribas and the Rwandan Genocide Against the Tutsi : We have Already Obtained Almost 150 000 signatures!

Paris, 6 July 2017 On 29 June 2017, while Sherpa, the SCRC and Ibuka France brought a suit against BNP Paribas for complicity in…

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Corporate Impunity

Rwandan Genocide: Sherpa, the CPCR and Ibuka France launched a complaint against BNP Paribas on the basis of complicity in a genocide, in crimes against humanity and in war crimes.

Paris, 29 June 2017 – The associations Sherpa, the Collectif des Parties Civiles pour le Rwanda (CPCR) and Ibuka France launched a complaint…

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Corporate Impunity

Important step in the « Lafarge in Syria » case: Nomination of three investigative judges

Sherpa and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) welcome the nomination of three investigative judges by the Paris High Court (Tribunal…

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Corporate Impunity

Lafarge in Syria: the conclusion of their internal report admitted the implication of the parent company

Paris – April 24th 2017 – Successive departures of Bruno Lafont and Eric Olsen from Lafarge are the first significant steps of the company…

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Corporate Impunity

French company Lafarge sued for Financing ISIS and Complicity in War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Syria

Sherpa and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, as well as 11 complainants who are former Syrian employees, represented by maître Marie…

News

Corporate Impunity

Procedures & Milestones : DLH-Liberia

18 November 2009: SHERPA, Global Witness, Greenpeace France, Friends of the Earth, and Alfred Bronwell brought a complaint before the Prosecutor of the Republic…

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Corporate Impunity

DLH – Liberia : a dismissal without further action or explanation

Country: Liberia Company targeted: DLH An overview of the facts and proceedings… Between 2001 and 2003, DLH bought, imported into France, and distributed in Europe timber…

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Corporate Impunity

Complaint accuses international timber company DLH of trading illegal timber and funding Liberian war

Paris, 13 March 2014 – Sherpa, Global Witness, Greenpeace France and Liberian NGO Green Advocates have today filed a legal complaint before the Senior…

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