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Category: Labor rights and Modern slavery

Press release
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…
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…
Opinion
Corporate Impunity

[Opinion] Making economic actors accountable by governing globalisation through law

This op-ed has been published in Mediapart’s blog on May the 5th, 2020 The accountability of economic actors has been thought of at Sherpa…
Opinion
Corporate Influence

[Opinion] Samsung’s indictment: Fighting transnational corporation’s human right’s violations through consumer law

Clara Gonzalez and Marie-Laure Guislain, litigation officers at Sherpa published a blog post ” Samsung’s indictment in France : Fighting transnational corporation’s human right’s violations…
Press release
Corporate Impunity

Sherpa and UNI Global Union send formal notice to Teleperformance—calling on the world leader in call centers to strengthen workers’ rights

Paris, July 18, 2019 – French NGO Sherpa and the 20 million-member UNI Global Union formally put Paris-based outsourcing giant Teleperformance on notice today that it must comply with its…
Press release
Corporate Influence

Violations of workers’ rights: landmark indictment of SAMSUNG France for misleading advertising

After an epic judicial procedure initiated by Sherpa and ActionAid France more than 6 years ago, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS France SAS has been indicted on…
Press release
Corporate Influence

Palm oil in Cameroon : the Bolloré group sued by NGOs in an unprecedented legal action

While the palm oil plantations of Socfin, a company of the Bolloré group, brings 306 million euros in turnover in 2018, Bolloré refuses to…
Press release
Corporate Impunity

2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar: new complaint against Vinci

2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar: new complaint against Vinci Sherpa, the Comité contre l’Esclavage Moderne (CCEM) and six former Indian and Nepalese workers…
Press release
Corporate Influence

Opening of a judicial investigation in Paris in the SAMSUNG case

As a judicial investigation was launched in France, Samsung has recognized exposing its workers to toxic chemicals without adequately protecting and informing them about…
Press release
Corporate Influence

Samsung : Sherpa and ActionAid France file a second lawsuit following the closing of the case by the public prosecutor

Sherpa and ActionAid France – Peuples solidaires file this “civil party” lawsuit[1] for misleading advertising seeking the instruction of an investigating judge. The gap between Samsung’s ethical…
Press release
Corporate Impunity

Vinci : Sherpa will file a complaint with a claim for criminal indemnification following the closing of the case by the public prosecutor

Paris, February 6, 2018 – On March 23, 2015, Sherpa filed a complaint for forced labor and servitude on construction sites in Qatar, notably for…
Press release
Corporate Influence

Samsung target of a lawsuit that would expose human rights violations

Sherpa and ActionAid France – Peuples solidaires new lawsuit would reveal violations of workers’ fundamental rights in the smartphone leader’s factories, while consumers have…
Press release
Corporate Influence

Samsung, the world’s biggest smartphone manufacturer, is being prosecuted for deceptive commercial practices

Sherpa has been investigating alleged human rights violations in Samsung factories since 2013. After an initial complaint was dismissed in 2014, our organization and…
Press release
Corporate Influence

Rana Plaza, already 2 years – Complaint against Auchan for misleading commercial practices: the associations take civil action

Our organisations filed a complaint against the distributor for misleading commercial practices, Auchan’s  communication on its ethical commitments being of a nature to mislead…
Press release
Corporate Impunity

Vinci in Qatar: Nanterre’s public prosecutor launches a preliminary investigation

Paris, April 27, 2015 —On March 23, 2015, Sherpa filed a complaint for forced labor and servitude against Vinci Construction Grands Projets and the…
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