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Lafarge on Trial: Cementing Accountability

On November 4th, 2025, the trial against the French multinational corporation Lafarge is set to begin for financing terrorism and violating international sanction. The company allegedly…

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Corporate Impunity

A (So Far Unlikely) Day in Court: An Overview of the First Judicial Decisions under the French Duty of Vigilance Law

Since the adoption of the Duty of Vigilance Law in 2017, more than a dozen lawsuits have been brought on this basis before French…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Public Beneficial Ownership: Can the European Court of Human Rights save financial transparency?

Jean-Philippe Foegle, Advocacy and Litigation Officer at Sherpa comments for Business & Human Rights Resource Centre on the European Court of Justice’s decision (November…

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Corporate Impunity

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

In a collective book published by Oxford University Press, Sandra Cossart and Lucie Chatelain provide an analysis of different cases initiated in France against…

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Corporate Impunity

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

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

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Corporate Impunity

Towards EU Legislation on Corporate Accountability: the Need to Address Environmental Harms

Lucie Chatelain from Sherpa and Paul Mougeolle from Notre Affaire à Tous wrote an article, “Towards EU Legislation on Corporate Accountability: the Need to…

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Blog Post – Key legal obstacles around jurisdiction for victims seeking justice remain in the Revised Draft treaty

Sandra Cossart and Lucie Chatelain wrote a blog post on the Revised Draft treaty, “Key legal obstacles around jurisdiction for victims seeking justice remain…

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Corporate Impunity

Stakeholders and the Duty of Vigilance

The law No. 2017-399 of 27 March 2017 on the corporate duty of vigilance for parent and instructing companies sought to reflect in law…

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Lafarge on Trial: Cementing Accountability

A (So Far Unlikely) Day in Court: An Overview of the First Judicial Decisions under the French Duty of Vigilance Law

Public Beneficial Ownership: Can the European Court of Human Rights save financial transparency?

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

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

Towards EU Legislation on Corporate Accountability: the Need to Address Environmental Harms

Blog Post – Key legal obstacles around jurisdiction for victims seeking justice remain in the Revised Draft treaty

Stakeholders and the Duty of Vigilance

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