9 September 2021• -Press release-en, Corruption and embezzlement, Corruption and embezzlement, Front page, Laundering, Laundering, Strategic litigation, Tax evasion, Tax evasion
Paris, 9 September 2021 – Today the Court of Appeal confirmed the judgment rendered by the Judicial Tribunal of Paris on June...
7 September 2021• -Press release-en, Front page, International crimes, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability
Paris/Berlin, 7 September 2021 – Today, France’s highest court, the Cour de cassation, decided that Lafarge’s indictment for...
6 July 2021• -Non classé-en, Corruption and embezzlement, Corruption and embezzlement, Laundering, Laundering, Strategic litigation
Fact : In 1970, Hafez Al-Assad led a coup d’état to seize power and remained in power until his death in 2000. He was succeeded by...
9 June 2021• -Press release-en, Front page, International crimes, Strategic litigation
Paris/Berlin, 8 June 2021 – Following today’s hearing on French company Lafarge and its involvement in the armed conflict in Syria...
12 April 2021• -Press release-en, Front page, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability
Paris, April 12th,2021 Sherpa, the Collectif Ethique sur l’étiquette, the Uyghur Institute of Europe and an Uyghur victim,...
9 April 2021• -Press release-en, Front page, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability
Paris, April 8th,2021 – NGOs Sherpa and ActionAid France’s claim against Samsung France on the ground of deceptive marketing...
26 March 2021• -Press release-en, Access to justice, Environment and Climate, Front page, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Strategic litigation
Paris, March 25th, 2021 – While Bolloré tried to have the NGOs’ claim dismissed, the judge agreed with the NGOs. She...
3 March 2021• -Press release-en, Environment and Climate, Front page, Strategic litigation
Indigenous groups to seek compensation for damages in first case brought against retail chain under groundbreaking French law to prevent...
21 September 2020• -Press release-en, Environment and Climate, Front page, Strategic litigation
Paris, 21 September 2020 – An international coalition of associations (Canopée, CPT, Envol Vert, Mighty Earth, Notre Affaire à...
28 January 2020• -Press release-en, Environment and Climate, Front page, Strategic litigation
First climate change litigation against a company in France: 14 local authorities and 5 NGOs take Total to court Paris, January 28, 2020...
7 November 2019• -Press release-en, International crimes, Strategic litigation
PRESS RELEASE French court narrows charges against Lafarge Paris, 7 November 2019 – Today, the Investigation Chamber of the Paris Court...
4 November 2019• -Press release-en, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Sherpa in the media, Strategic litigation
Clara Gonzalez and Marie-Laure Guislain, litigation officers at Sherpa published a blog post ” Samsung’s indictment in France...
24 October 2019• -Press release-en, Access to justice, Advocacy, International crimes, Strategic litigation
Press release French court rejects ECCHR and SHERPA’s admissibility in the Lafarge/Syria case. Organizations to appeal decision at...
24 July 2019• -Press release-en, Advocacy, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability
Paris, July 18, 2019 – French NGO Sherpa and the 20 million-member UNI Global Union formally put...
3 July 2019• -Press release-en, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Strategic litigation
Violations of workers’ rights: landmark indictment of SAMSUNG France for misleading advertising Paris, July 3rd, 2019 – After...
