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

47 additional former employees have joined the legal action brought in France against the Yves Rocher Group for breach of its duty of vigilance in Turkiye.

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Illicit Financial Flows

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

Sherpa, supported by Harvest, the Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA), Repórter Brasil and Transparency International, filed a complaint with the French National Prosecutor’s…

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Corporate Impunity

Zogota massacre victims in Paris for justice

Survivors of the 2012 massacre by state security forces in the village of Zogota in the West African country of Guinea are asking the…

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Corporate Impunity

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

Burdened with a debt of more than $6 billion the French retail group Casino is considering selling its Brazilian and Colombian stores to boost…

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Corporate Impunity

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

After the dismissal of the complaint filed in April 2021 against Uniqlo, SMCP, Inditex, and Skechers USA for concealment of crimes against humanity, Sherpa,…

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Illicit Financial Flows

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

After thirteen years of investigation, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and twelve other suspects will face trial for allegedly using Libyan public funds for…

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Illicit Financial Flows

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

On March 21, the investigation chamber rendered a judgment in the ongoing judicial investigation involving Vincent Bolloré and two other executives of the company,…

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Corporate Impunity

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

New step in the legal action initiated by 6 NGOs and 16 local authorities: the coalition responds to TotalEnergies’ climate inaction strategy and delaying…

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Corporate Impunity

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

As a hearing will be held today in the Casino case related to deforestation and land grabbing, the association Jupaú, representing the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau people,…

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Corporate Influence

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

The Court of Appeal has just confirmed the decision to dismiss the case in favour of Auchan: according to them, there are no grounds…

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Corporate Impunity

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

The eleven organizations that filed a lawsuit against Casino have refused the mediation suggested by the judge during last June’s hearing. According to the…

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Illicit Financial Flows

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

Tomorrow, the Paris Judicial Court will confirm or dismiss the French equivalent of criminal transaction (CJIP) concluded between Airbus and the National Financial Prosecutor’s…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Corruption in Togo: next step in judicial proceedings in the Bolloré case

Paris, November 10, 2022 – While a new hearing will take place today in the Bolloré case for alleged corruption practices in Togo, Sherpa…

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Corporate Impunity

Complaint for complicity in war crimes in Yemen: How could French arms companies be linked to the conflict in Yemen?

On 2 June 2022, Sherpa, alongside Mwatana for Human Rights and the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), and with the support…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Condemnation of Rifaat al-Assad for money laundering and embezzlement confirmed by French Supreme Court

Paris, 7 September 2022 – Today, the French highest court has confirmed the condemnation of Syrian former vice president, Rifaat al-Assad, to four years…

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

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

Zogota massacre victims in Paris for justice

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Corruption in Togo: next step in judicial proceedings in the Bolloré case

Complaint for complicity in war crimes in Yemen: How could French arms companies be linked to the conflict in Yemen?

Condemnation of Rifaat al-Assad for money laundering and embezzlement confirmed by French Supreme Court

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