The ruling, stemming from a 2018 case involving the cement company Lafarge, holds that companies can be prosecuted for contributing to crimes against humanity if their actions support terrorism, even indirectly.
May 20, 2022 at 01:10 AM
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Paris Correspondent
An appeals court in Paris has ruled that companies can be prosecuted for contributing to crimes against humanity if their actions support terrorism, even indirectly, a decision that, if confirmed, sets a new precedent for liability of international businesses.
The ruling, handed down Wednesday by the Paris Court of Appeal, relates to charges filed in 2018 against Lafarge, a French cement company, over its operations in Syria between 2012 and 2014.
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