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Corporate Impunity
French court narrows charges against Lafarge
Paris, 7 November 2019 – Today, the Investigation Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeals revoked the indictment of French company Lafarge for complicity…
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Corporate Impunity
French court rejects ECCHR and Sherpa’s admissibility in the Lafarge/Syria case : Organizations to appeal decision at French Supreme Court
Today, the Investigation Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeals rejected the nonprofit organizations Sherpa and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights’…
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Corporate Impunity
Time for constructive engagement from the EU and Member States on the content of the Revised Draft of the UN Binding Treaty
Paris, October 14, 2019. More than ever, citizens are mobilizing for action to stop climate change and corporate activities damaging our shared environment, health…
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Illicit Financial Flows
Ill-gotten gains : returning misappropriated assets to the spoiled populations should have been a priority for the 2019 G7, which aims to fight global inequalities
Paris, August 22, 2019 – From 24 to 26 August 2019, the G7 Summit will be held in Biarritz, in southwestern France. The G7…
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Corporate Impunity
Citizens demand the EU stops stalling on a treaty to ensure that businesses respect human rights
Citizens demand the EU stops stalling on a treaty to ensure that businesses respect human rights This week saw the publication of the landmark…
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Corporate Impunity
Sherpa and UNI Global Union send formal notice to Teleperformance—calling on the world leader in call centers to strengthen workers’ rights
Paris, July 18, 2019 – French NGO Sherpa and the 20 million-member UNI Global Union formally put Paris-based outsourcing giant Teleperformance on notice today that it must comply with its…
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Corporate Influence
Violations of workers’ rights: landmark indictment of SAMSUNG France for misleading advertising
After an epic judicial procedure initiated by Sherpa and ActionAid France more than 6 years ago, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS France SAS has been indicted on…
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Corporate Influence
Palm oil in Cameroon : the Bolloré group sued by NGOs in an unprecedented legal action
While the palm oil plantations of Socfin, a company of the Bolloré group, brings 306 million euros in turnover in 2018, Bolloré refuses to…
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Civic Space
17 NGOs denounce threats of prosecution against French journalists investigating French weapons in Yemen
PRESS RELEASE Paris, 13 May 2019 – 17 humanitarian and human rights NGOs today denounced threats to press freedom after three French journalists were…
