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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

France adopts corporate duty of vigilance law: a first historic step towards better human rights and environmental protection

Paris, 22 February 2017 –  The French Parliament adopted a much-awaited law establishing a duty of vigilance obligation for parent and subcontracting companies. The…
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Corporate Impunity

Multinational Corporations’ Duty of Care: One Step Closer to the Final Adoption of the Bill

Wednesday, 30th November 2016 – Yesterday, the Members of the French National Assembly passed the Bill on the duty of care of parent companies and…
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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…
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Illicit Financial Flows

Ill- gotten gains : Teodoro Obiang has been referred to court

Paris, 7th September 2016. The order to refer the son of the Equatorial Guinea President’s Teodoro NGUEMA OBIANG MANGUE to the criminal court has been…
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Corporate Impunity

Business and human rights: the world is still waiting for action

16 June 2016 – The international community adopted the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in June 2011, pledging to address…
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Illicit Financial Flows

Vote at the French National Assembly of the Sapin II bill : a mixed statement

Paris, June 9, 2016 –After the ‘Sapin II’ Bill was examined by the French National Assembly from 6 to 9 June, some progress was…
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Illicit Financial Flows

Ill-Gotten Gains: The Public Prosecutor Requests the Opening of a Trial against Obiang

Paris, 26 May 2016 – Sherpa and Transparency International France are pleased that the Financial Public Prosecutor has at long last signed an indictment…
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Illicit Financial Flows

Sapin II: Progress on Whistleblowers, Status Quo on the Anti-Corruption Agency, Regression in the Fight against Corruption

Paris, 26 May 2016 – The Sapin II Bill was examined by the Law Committee on 25 May 2016. Certain measures were passed, some…
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Corporate Impunity

NGOs welcome support of European Parliamentarians for duty of care legislation of EU corporations towards people affected by their activities

Brussels – 18 May 2016 Today, eight national parliaments launched a “green card” initiative at European Union (EU) level to ensure corporate accountability for…
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Illicit Financial Flows

NGOs file a complaint against Vinci Russia for corruption of foreign public officials in Khimki Forest motorway case

Paris, 10 May 2016 – A complaint filed last week is requesting an investigation into alleged corruption involving French company Vinci in the construction…
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Civic Space

#StopTradeSecrets : Before the EU Directive has even passed, some Senators try to introduce trade secret protection in the ‘Digital’ Bill

On Wednesday 26 April, the Senate’s Committee on Social Affairs passed an amendment introducing the notion of trade secret in the Bill on the…
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Corporate Impunity

Civil society calls on G7 countries to renew commitment to business and human rights at Ise-Shima Summit

April 15, 2016 To the countries of the Group of Seven (G7): We, the undersigned representatives of civil society, are concerned that the forthcoming…
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Civic Space

Opening of the Luxleaks Trial: Whistleblowers are Bearing the Cost of Secrecy

The trial of Antoine Deltour and the other two defendants in the Luxleaks case (1), including journalist Edouard Perrin (2), which starts in Luxembourg…
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Illicit Financial Flows

Europe’s Answer to the Panama Papers? A New Right to Secrecy for Multinational Corporations

Today, 14 April, the European Parliament adopted (1) the Trade Secrets Directive. This Directive, which is supposed to protect companies against industrial espionage, was…
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