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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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Illicit Financial Flows

Ill Gotten Gains against Lebanese officials : opening of a preliminary investigation after Sherpa’s complaint

The National Financial Prosecutor’s Office has announced the opening of a preliminary investigation to be carried out by the Central Directorate of the Judicial…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Appeal trial of Rifaat al Assad in the Syrian Ill-Gotten Gains case

Paris, 5 May 2021 – Sherpa as civil claimant will take part in Rifaat al Assad’s appeal trial, which opens today. The uncle of Bashar al-Assad,…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Sherpa files a complaint before the French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office in a Lebanese Ill-Gotten Gains case

Sherpa, represented by its lawyers Maîtres William Bourdon and Amélie Lefebvre, is filing a complaint before the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office alongside the Collective…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Sherpa requests the opening of a judicial investigation with the status of civil claimant in the case of India’s Rafale deal

Paris, 28 April 2021 — Sherpa, represented by its lawyers Maîtres William Bourdon and Vincent Brenghart, is filing a complaint and requesting the opening of a…

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Corporate Impunity

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

Paris, April 12th,2021 Sherpa, the Collectif Ethique sur l’étiquette, the Uyghur Institute of Europe and an Uyghur victim, represented by the law firm Bourdon &…

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

NGOs Sherpa and ActionAid France’s claim against Samsung France on the ground of deceptive marketing practices was declared inadmissible, and the indictment of the…

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

While Bolloré tried to have the NGOs’ claim dismissed, the judge agreed with the NGOs. She ruled that an agreement resulting from a mediation…

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Corporate Impunity

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

Indigenous groups to seek compensation for damages in first case brought against retail chain under groundbreaking French law to prevent social and environmental violations in supply chains.

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

Ill Gotten Gains against Lebanese officials : opening of a preliminary investigation after Sherpa’s complaint

Appeal trial of Rifaat al Assad in the Syrian Ill-Gotten Gains case

Sherpa files a complaint before the French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office in a Lebanese Ill-Gotten Gains case

Sherpa requests the opening of a judicial investigation with the status of civil claimant in the case of India’s Rafale deal

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

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

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

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

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