Thread by @ECCHRBerlin

📢PRESS RELEASE
Historic #bizhumanrights victory! France's Supreme Court ruled: Cancelling the indictment of multinational Lafarge for complicity in crimes against humanity in Syria was wrong! Case must be re-examined by the appeals court.
👉Press release: bit.ly/3zS9Vxo

🔥Striking: The Supreme Court found very clear words and stated: Knowingly transferring millions of dollars to an organization whose sole purpose is criminal (like IS) is enough to characterize complicity.

What is this about? From 2012-14, Lafarge made payments to armed groups like the IS to maintain its factory in Syria open. We claim: Doing so, it made itself complicit in grave crimes of the IS, financed terrorism & endangered its Syrian employees.
More: ecchr.eu/en/case/lafarg…

In 2016, with 11 former Syrian employees of Lafarge, @Asso_Sherpa & ECCHR filed a complaint against the company. Lafarge successfully appealed against a first indictment for complicity crimes against humanity. But today's decision can be a game changer for corporate impunity.

Today's decision is first and foremost a victory for those affected by illegitimate business practices that put profits before human rights. It is important that big corporate actors are held to account for their wrongdoings so that those affected can finally achieve justice!

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