Thread by @amisdelaterre

📅The big day is coming!

Tomorrow morning we will face #Total in court in the groundbreaking lawsuit in 🇫🇷 for serious breaches of its duty of vigilance regarding its oil mega-projects (Tilenga and #EACOP) in Uganda and Tanzania.

Our press release 👉
amisdelaterre.org/communique-pre…

This case was filed in 2019 by 6⃣ French and Ugandan CSOs : @amisdelaterre @Survie @AfiegoUg @creduganda2 @NapeUg and NAVODA.
After 3 years lost in procedural issues, this hearing will finally get to the ❤️of the matter: Total’s failure to comply with its legal duty of vigilance

This is the very first lawsuit on the basis of the duty of vigilance law, a pionneering law adopted in France in 2017
(FAQ available in English and Spanish at the bottom of the page)
amisdelaterre.org/loi-sur-le-dev…

For 3⃣ years, the six organizations have been documenting the numerous human rights violations and risks of irreversible environmental damage associated with Total’s oil mega-project, with field investigations in Uganda, and more recently in Tanzania.
amisdelaterre.org/communique-pre…

The situation is urgent for local communities, who have suffered from violations of their rights due to development of the Tilenga oil extraction project and the EACOP heated oil pipeline project by Total.
Both projects are impacting the lands of around 1⃣1⃣8⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ people

Our file has been strengthened with respect to environmental and climate change aspects, thanks to new scientific studies and expert reports highlighting not only the major risks, but also the failure, or even non-existence, of measures taken by Total to address these risks.