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Alexandre Schneiter, former CEO of Lundin Oil, gives his side of the story at his trial in Sweden on charges of complicity in war crimes committed in Sudan. Photo: Schneiter in a video interview for Bloomberg.
“I was responsible for what was beneath the surface – not above”
24 March 2025 by Martin Schibbye
At the trial in Sweden of the former executives of Lundin Oil on charges of complicity in war crimes, ex-CEO Alexandre Schneiter explained that he was responsible for drilling, not for security or operational activities.
The Lundin trial could worry multinationals - Bubbles in an oil puddle in Sudan. Lundin trial: "a strong signal to business"
5 September 2023 by Thierry Cruvellier
Two top executives of a Western oil company are going on trial for complicity in war crimes. The start of the Lundin trial in Sweden on September 5 moves criminal responsibility for bosses of multinationals "from a theoretical rea [...]
Frederick Flick (owner of the Flick company) stands during his sentencing at the Nuremberg trial in Germany. In Nuremberg, “we started to judge company executives and managers”
12 September 2022 by Clémentine Méténier
Historian and sociologist Guillaume Mouralis, who works on the history of legal practices in post-conflict situations, looks back at the pivotal moment of the Nuremberg Trials, which judged corporate executives at the end of the S [...]
3D image illustrating the construction project of the Paris court (office buildings). In the foreground, the logos of several companies (Lafarge, BNP Paribas, Uniqlo, Amesys and Castel group) are embedded in bubbles. Lafarge and the judicial twists and turns of corporate liability in France
5 July 2022 by Lena Bjurström
Since 2016, the Lafarge case seems to have been stretched out over the years and the appeals. But its many twists and turns raise questions about complicity in crimes against humanity, the place of a company as a defendant and the [...]
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Illustration (double portrait) by Joanna Kyriakakis and Mark Drumbl
21 June 2022 by Thierry Cruvellier and Clémentine Méténier
“No one really wants corporations to be liable” JUSTICE INFO IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Joanna Kyriakakis & Mark Drumbl Why international courts have been so impotent at prosecuting businessmen? Why international law has shielded companies from responsibility in atrocity crimes? W [...]
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 [...]