Strategic litigation Archives

Workers’ rights in Turkiye: 47 former employees join the lawsuit against Yves Rocher

15 November 2023• Front page, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris & Istanbul, 15 November 2023 – 47 additional former employees have joined the legal action brought in France against the...

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Complaint filed against French banks for money laundering and concealment of proceeds from illegal deforestation in the Amazon

8 November 2023• Environment and Climate, Front page, Laundering Litigation, Press release-en, Strategic litigation

Paris & Brasilia, November 8, 2023 – Sherpa, supported by Harvest, the Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA), Repórter Brasil...

Zogota massacre victims in Paris for justice

31 October 2023• Front page, Press release-en, Strategic litigation

Conakry, Guinea & Paris, France, October 31, 2023 – Survivors of the 2012 massacre by state security forces in the village of...

Deforestation in Amazon: Despite the sale of some of its assets, the Casino Group will have to face justice

11 July 2023• Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris / Bogotá / São Paulo – 10 July 2023 – Burdened with a debt of more than $6 billion the French retail group Casino is...

Uyghur forced labor: NGOs file new complaint requesting judicial investigation against garment companies

17 May 2023• Front page, International crimes, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, 17 May 2023 – After the dismissal of the complaint filed in April 2021 against Uniqlo, SMCP, Inditex, and Skechers USA for...

Libyan financing affair: Nicolas Sarkozy will be tried by a court

12 May 2023• Addressing the root causes of poverty and resource deprivation in developing countries, Corruption and embezzlement litigation, Front page, Press release-en, Strategic litigation

Paris, 12 May 2023 – After thirteen years of investigation, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and twelve other suspects will...

Bolloré and suspicions of corruption in Togo : towards the holding of a public trial

11 April 2023• Addressing the root causes of poverty and resource deprivation in developing countries, Corruption and embezzlement litigation, Front page, Press release-en, Strategic litigation

11 April 2013 – On March 21, the investigation chamber rendered a judgment in the ongoing judicial investigation involving Vincent...

Climate change litigation against Total: NGOs and local authorities’ request for provisional measures pending trial

10 February 2023• Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, February 10, 2023 – New step in the legal action initiated by 6 NGOs and 16 local authorities: the coalition responds to...

Casino case: The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous community joins the legal action

12 January 2023• Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strategic litigation

Paris / Sao Paulo / Bogota – January 12, 2023 – As a hearing will be held today in the Casino case related to deforestation and...

Auchan and fairwashing – Appeal juges rule in favor of the multinational : case is dismissed again

16 December 2022• Front page, Laundering Litigation, Press release-en, Strategic litigation

Paris, December 16, 2022, The Court of Appeal has just confirmed the decision to dismiss the case in favour of Auchan: according to them,...

Deforestation in the Amazon: organisations refuse the mediation proposal in the legal action against Casino

1 December 2022• Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris / Bogota / Sao Paulo – December 2, 2022 – The eleven organizations that filed a lawsuit against Casino have refused the...

Financing of Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential election by Libyan authorities: Airbus corruption cases in Libya face negotiated justice

29 November 2022• Addressing the root causes of poverty and resource deprivation in developing countries, Front page, Laundering Litigation, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, November 29, 2022 – Tomorrow, the Paris Judicial Court will confirm or dismiss the French equivalent of criminal transaction...