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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 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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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…

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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,…

Open Letter

Illicit Financial Flows

OPEN LETTER – Urgent request reminding the Principality of Monaco and the Department of Justice of Monaco’s international committments on Mutual Legal assistance with respect to international corruption investigation.

Paris, December 11th, 2020 – In a letter addressed to the Principality of Monaco and the department of Justice, we remind the essential issue…

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Sherpa announces the strengthening of its Board of Directors

Paris, November 24th, 2020 – At the end of September, Sherpa’s General Assembly elected four additional members to its Board of Directors: Jonathan Kaufman,…

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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

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

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

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

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

OPEN LETTER – Urgent request reminding the Principality of Monaco and the Department of Justice of Monaco’s international committments on Mutual Legal assistance with respect to international corruption investigation.

Sherpa announces the strengthening of its Board of Directors

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