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

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

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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

Paris, 9 September 2021 – Today the Court of Appeal confirmed the judgment rendered by the Judicial Tribunal of Paris on June 17, 2020, sentencing Rifaat…

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Corporate Impunity

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

Today, France’s highest court, the Cour de cassation, decided that Lafarge’s indictment for complicity in crimes against humanity was wrongly canceled by the Paris…

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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.

Paris, July 29, 2021 – The Court of Cassation has just confirmed the conviction of the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea in the ill-gotten assets…

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

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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Corporate Impunity

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

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

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French Justice opens a judicial investigation and tasks judge with investigating the controversial sale of Rafale fighter jets to India on “corruption” suspicions

Paris, July, 5th 2021 — As a result of the complaint accompanied by criminal indemnification (partie civile) filed by Sherpa April, 20th 2021, French legal prosecutor requests…

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Complaint against 4 textile giants for forced labour of Uyghurs: French justice opens an investigation for concealment of crimes against humanity

Paris, 2 July 2021 – The French judiciary announced yesterday that it has opened an investigation into the crime of concealment of crimes against humanity, following…

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

Paris/Berlin, 8 June 2021 – Following today’s hearing on French company Lafarge and its involvement in the armed conflict in Syria between 2012-2014, the…

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

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

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

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.

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

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

French Justice opens a judicial investigation and tasks judge with investigating the controversial sale of Rafale fighter jets to India on “corruption” suspicions

Complaint against 4 textile giants for forced labour of Uyghurs: French justice opens an investigation for concealment of crimes against humanity

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

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