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Chiquita trial - Photo: a promotional stand featuring only Chiquita bananas. At the very top, the brand's mascot. At the front of the booth, a large button and a sign reading “Push to start the show”.
Lessons from the Chiquita Trial (2): The Battle of Experts
13 September 2024 by Tatiana Devia + Daniel Marin Lopez
Analysing the trial of Chiquita, a multinational banana company that was ordered by a U.S. court to pay 38 million dollars in compensation for victims of the paramilitary in Colombia, lawyers Tatiana Devia and Daniel Marín López h [...]
Chiquita trial in Florida - Photo: an employee of banana multinational Chiquita works in a factory in Colombia (Uruba). Insights from the Chiquita trial (1): 25 years of struggle
12 September 2024 by Tatiana Devia + Daniel Marin Lopez
A Florida jury delivered a ruling in the Chiquita trial, holding the multinational banana company liable for 38 million dollars in compensation for victims of the paramilitary in Colombia. After more than 25 years of struggle and [...]
A criminal complaint has been filed against Booking.com for money laundering in connection with war crimes. Photo: an accommodation offered by Booking.com on which is written “Booking.occupiedterritories”. Is Booking.com profiting from war crimes in Palestine?
23 May 2024 by Tjitske Lingsma (in Amsterdam)
On May 23, a collective of European and Palestinian NGOs made public a criminal complaint against Booking.com in The Netherlands. They accuse the company of money laundering in connection to war crimes, as the enterprise profits f [...]
Lafarge The good and the bad about Lafarge case
26 January 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
There is the Lundin trial going on in Sweden. And there is the Lafarge case slowly moving forward in France. These are arguably the two most high-profile trials for alleged international crimes by prominent corporations and/or cor [...]
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Lundin trial in Sweden - Ian Lundin arrives in court on the opening day of the trial in Stockholm. He is suspected of complicity in war crimes in Southern Sudan.
8 December 2023 by Olivier Truc (our correspondent in Sweden)
Lundin, the trial that “should never have taken place” The Lundin trial has now reached the end of its thirteenth week, with 90 weeks still to go. Torgny Wetterberg, defending Ian Lundin, on November 29 began his presentation of the facts. His client is one of the two directors of Swe [...]
Climate Justice Activist Demonstrates Against Total Energies Project in Uganda
6 April 2023 by Mathilde Hautereau-Boutonnet
Climate trials: What to make of multinationals’ string of victories? After the two recent victories in France and Germany of Total Energies and Volkswagen, the author of this Opinion wonders if it is really useful for environmental NGOs and climate justice activists to sue multinationals.
In Cambodia, a farmer cuts sugar cane
25 October 2022 by Christine Chaumeau
Cambodian villagers challenge sugar giant in Thai court Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol, accused of forced displacement, property destruction and land grabbing, is being sued by Cambodian villagers in a class action suit before the Thai courts. This is a David and Goliath battle that is als [...]
A scale whose weight tilts to one side (multiple logos of multinationals: Total, Ericsson, Lundin, Exxon Mobil, Lafarge). On the other side, the text
20 June 2022 by Clémentine Méténier
Business and human rights: the pressure is mounting   There are a growing number of criminal proceedings aimed at holding multinational companies accountable for their direct or indirect role in international crimes or serious human rights violations. These include complicity in war [...]
Illustration mettant en scène des hommes et femmes d'affaire flottant sur un océan déchaîné. Certains semblent confiants et d'autres paniquent. Au fond, un radeau flotte transportant un magistrat en robe (mat symolisant la balance de la justice).
20 June 2022 by Justice Info
Corporations face the rising tide of justice It is talked about for every war; it is revealed after every dictatorship; it is even more debated in the face of the destruction of the planet and climate change: the responsibility of businesses in international crimes is both r [...]