Author: Administrateur Sherpa

Sherpa’s contribution to “Human Rights Litigation against Multinationals in Practice”

4 January 2022• Front page, Legal Doctrine Articles

In a collective book published by Oxford University Press, Sandra Cossart and Lucie Chatelain provide an analysis of different cases...

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Lebanese ill-gotten gains : Sherpa alongside the Collectif des Victimes des Pratiques Frauduleuses et Criminelles au Liban, filed a complaint before the Public Prosecutor in Luxembourg.

22 December 2021• Corporate capture litigation, Corruption and embezzlement litigation, Front page, Laundering Litigation, Press release-en, Strategic litigation

Paris, December 22, 2021 – Given the terrible crisis in Lebanon and the investigations opened in France and Switzerland to shed light on...

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Civil society calls on Thales to put an end to suspected indirect support to the Myanmar junta

30 November 2021• Corporate capture litigation, Corruption and embezzlement advocacy, Front page, International crimes, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, November 30, 2021 – Info Birmanie, Justice For Myanmar, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Sherpa denounce exports of military...

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Climate litigation against Total: the Versailles Court of Appeal confirms the jurisdiction of the judicial court

19 November 2021• Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, 18 November 2021 – In the climate litigation brought by 5 NGOs and 13 local authorities against Total, the Versailles Court of...

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Rifaat Al Assad sentenced in France for his Ill-Gotten Gains allegedly fled to Syria

12 October 2021• Addressing the root causes of poverty and resource deprivation in developing countries, Front page, Laundering Litigation, Press release-en, Tax evasion litigation

Paris, October 11, 2021 – The Syrian regime’s former dignitary recently sentenced in France to 4 years in prison for...

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Sherpa would support a European Parliament’s request to stem the corruption suffered by the Lebanese people and take sanctions against corrupted lebanese officials

14 September 2021• Advocacy, Corruption and embezzlement advocacy, Press release-en

Paris, September 14, 2021 – This Tuesday, the MEPs will assess with the High Representative Borrell (1) the political and...

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CSOs and labour unions call for the EU to confront systemic flaws of private social auditing and glaring accountability gaps.

13 September 2021• Front page, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Non classé-en, Press release-en

In an open letter, 15 human rights organisations and labour unions, including Sherpa, are jointly urging EU policymakers, including Didier...

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Rifaat al Assad « Ill Gotten Gains » Case: The Paris court of appeal confirmed the condemnation decision rendered in first instance in 2020

9 September 2021• Front page, Laundering advocacy, Laundering Litigation, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Tax evasion Advocacy, Tax evasion litigation

Paris, 9 September 2021 – Today the Court of Appeal confirmed the judgment rendered by the Judicial Tribunal of Paris on June...

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Historic victory before French Supreme Court on the indictment of multinational Lafarge for complicity in crimes against humanity

7 September 2021• Front page, International crimes, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris/Berlin, 7 September 2021 – Today, France’s highest court, the Cour de cassation, decided that Lafarge’s indictment for...

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Teodorin Obiang definitively convicted in the “ill-gotten gains” case: a decision that puts the final dot on the chapter of confiscation and opens the restitution one.

29 July 2021• Front page, Laundering advocacy, Laundering Litigation, Press release-en

Paris, July 29 – The Court of Cassation has just confirmed the conviction of the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea in the...

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NGOs call out to Perenco: end the opacity to put a stop to the impunity of the multinational

29 July 2021• Corporate capture litigation, Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, 28 July 2021 – In a letter made public today, Sherpa, Friends of the Earth France and Avocats sans Frontières call the oil...

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Rafale Deal Has ‘Systemic Elements Of International Corruption’, Against Indian National Interest: French NGO

28 July 2021• Corruption and embezzlement advocacy, Corruption and embezzlement litigation, Front page, Non classé-en, Sherpa in the media

A 59,000-crore contract for 36 Rafale fighter jets is ‘troubling’, ‘suspicious’ and its conditions were ‘to the detriment’ of...

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Lafarge/Syria: French Supreme Court decision postponed to 7 September 2021

15 July 2021• Front page, International crimes, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris/Berlin, 15 July 2021 – Today, the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) was expected to issue its decision in the case...

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Third edition of the Duty of Vigilance Radar: McDonald’s, Lactalis, Bigard, Adrexo, Leroy Merlin, Generali, Altrad, Euro Disney … 44 companies still breaking the law?

8 July 2021• Non classé-en, Press release-en, Research and Studies, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

Paris, July 7th, 2021 – CCFD-Terre Solidaire and Sherpa publish today the third edition of the “Duty of Vigilance Radar”....

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Procedures & Milestones: Ill-Gotten gains in Syria

6 July 2021• Corruption and embezzlement litigation, Laundering Litigation, Non classé-en, 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...

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