22 April 2016• -Press release-en, Advocacy, Strengthening corporate accountability
April 15, 2016 To the countries of the Group of Seven (G7): We, the undersigned representatives of civil society, are concerned that the...
22 April 2016• -Press release-en, Advocacy, Tax evasion
Press Release – 22 April 2016 The trial of Antoine Deltour and the other two defendants in the Luxleaks case (1), including...
21 April 2016• -Press release-en, Advocacy, Protecting the public debate
Brussels, Paris – 20 April 2016 The first reading of the Draft Directive on the protection of trade secrets, adopted last...
14 April 2016• -Press release-en, Advocacy, Protecting the public debate
Today, 14 April, the European Parliament adopted (1) the Trade Secrets Directive. This Directive, which is supposed to protect companies...
13 April 2016• -Press release-en, Advocacy, Tax evasion
One week after the first ‘Panama Papers’ revelations, the European Commission published a patchy proposal for public country-by-country...
12 April 2016• -Press release-en, Advocacy, Protecting the public debate
Will MEPs reject the Directive on the « protection » of trade secrets on Thursday? Today, Tuesday 12 April, thanks to a...
24 March 2016• -Press release-en, Advocacy, Corruption and embezzlement
24 March 2016 As the French Council of Ministers is about to meet, on 30 March, several civil society organizations wish to make...
24 March 2016• -Press release-en, Advocacy, Strengthening corporate accountability
Paris, 24 March 2016 On Wednesday, 23 March, the French National Assembly passed the bill on the duty of care of parent companies and...
4 March 2016• -Press release-en, Access to justice, Advocacy
Paris, february 25th Yesterday in Lima, on the eve of the 2016 Global EITI conferen representatives took a principled stance to boycott...
10 February 2016• -Press release-en, Advocacy, Protecting the public debate
Press release, February 10th 2016 A day before the start of yet another trial brought on the Bolloré Group against French journalists,...
17 December 2015• -Press release-en, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Strategic litigation
Paris, 17 December 2015 Sherpa has been investigating alleged human rights violations in Samsung factories since 2013. After an initial...
15 December 2015• -Press release-en, Corruption and embezzlement, Strategic litigation
Paris, 15 December 2015 The judgment delivered today by the Court of Cassation constitutes a doubly important and historic stage. Firstly,...
10 December 2015• -Press release-en, Advocacy, Corruption and embezzlement
Ottawa/Paris, December 10, 2015. MiningWatch Canada and the French anti-corruption association Sherpa announced today that they have...
9 December 2015• -Press release-en, Corruption and embezzlement, Strategic litigation
Paris, 8 December 2015 In 2007, AREVA bought URAMIN, a company which owns operating licenses in South Africa, Namibia and the Central...
18 November 2015• -Press release-en, Advocacy, Strengthening corporate accountability
On 18 November 2015, the senators have rejected, in a tense atmosphere, the proposed law relating to the duty of care of parent companies...
