Strategic litigation

Procedures & Milestones: Ill-Gotten gains in Syria

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 his...

Supreme Court hearing on Lafarge/Syria: Crucial verdict expected on corporate responsibility

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...

Forced labor of Uyghurs: filing of a complaint in France against multinationals for concealment of forced labor and crimes against humanity*

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,...

Violation of workers’ rights at Samsung: NGOs barred from court

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...

Bolloré/Socapalm : the judge rules in favor of the NGOs !

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...

Amazon indigenous communities and international NGOs sue supermarket giant Casino over deforestation and human rights violations

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...

Indigenous organisations and NGO coalition warn top French supermarket Casino: do not sell beef from deforestation in Brazil and Colombia – or face French law

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...

First climate change litigation against TOTAL in France: 14 local authorities and 5 NGOs take Total to court

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...

French court narrows charges against Lafarge

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...

Samsung’s indictment: Fighting transnational corporation’s human right’s violations through consumer law

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...

French court rejects ECCHR and SHERPA’s admissibility in the Lafarge/Syria case : Organizations to appeal decision at French Supreme Court

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...

Sherpa and UNI Global Union send formal notice to Teleperformance—calling on the world leader in call centers to strengthen workers’ rights

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...