Administrateur Sherpa

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...

First court decision in the climate litigation against Total: A promising interpretation of the French Duty of Vigilance Law

30 March 2021• Environment and Climate, Front page, Research and Studies

This blogpost was originally published on 26 March 2021 as part of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre series on mandatory human...

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...

Climate change litigation against Total: a first victory for the NGOs and local authorities

12 February 2021• -Press release-en, Environment and Climate, Front page

Paris, 11 February 2021 – In the climate change litigation against Total, the tribunal ruled in favour of the 5 NGOs and 14 local...

POINT OF VIEW – Government tried and tested by the imaginative forces of law

29 January 2021• Access to justice, Advocacy, Corruption and embezzlement, Front page, Sherpa in the media

Point of View published in the French newspaper Ouest-france By February 2 at the latest, the Prime Minister will decide on the ministerial...

Strengthening Corporate Accountability: Toward an Ambitious European Legislation on the Duty of Vigilance

26 January 2021• -Press release-en, Advocacy, Front page, Protecting the public debate, Research and Studies, Strengthening corporate accountability

Adopted in 2017 after a long advocacy, the French law on the duty of vigilance is a world first in the fight against the impunity of...

The agreements concluded by companies before the National Contact Point of the OECD must be respected

21 January 2021• -Press release-en, Access to justice, Advocacy, Front page, Strengthening corporate accountability

Judicial Court of Nanterre, January 21, 2021 Nanterre, January 21, 2021 – Hearing day in the case initiated against Bolloré by a...

OPEN LETTER – Urgent request reminding the Principality of Monaco and the Department of Justice of Monaco’s international committments on Mutual Legal assistance with respect to international corruption investigation.

11 December 2020• -Press release-en

Paris, December 11th, 2020 – In a letter addressed to the Principality of Monaco and the department of Justice, we remind the...

Complaint in France against BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Natixis, CIC and Rivage Investment for money laundering and concealment

5 October 2020• -Press release-en, Front page, Laundering

Paris, October 05, 2020 – On September 30, 2020, Sherpa and the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation called on the National Financial...

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