Sherpa (association)

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Sherpa is an international non-governmental organization, founded in 2001. Sherpa carries out advocacy, strategic litigation, legal research and capacity building activities, in order to strengthen economic actors’ accountability and build up a legal framework that better protects the environment, communities and human rights.[http://www.asso-sherpa.org/association/notre-mission Sherpa Association Web Site] Accessed December 3, 2011

To implement these activities, Sherpa brings together lawyers, legal experts, academics, NGOs, local associations, and many other experts who support its action by putting forward an innovative approach to law. Sherpa has, for example, brought various claims for misleading advertising against the French retailer Auchan and the South Korean conglomerate Samsung.{{cite book |last=Nissen |first=A |author-link= |date=2023 |title=The European Union, Emerging Global Business and Human Rights |url=https://www.cambridge.org/nl/academic/subjects/law/european-law/european-union-emerging-global-business-and-human-rights?format=HB |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=177–182 |isbn=9781009284301}} In both cases, the NGO alleged that the companies did wrongfully claim to be ethical companies.

Actions

Sherpa uses the law to fight economic actors’ impunity and defend globalisation victims .{{Cite web |date=11 January 2017 |title=Sherpa |url=https://www.coredem.info/article257.html |access-date=24 April 2023 |website=Community of Sites of Documentary Resources for a Global Democracy}}{{Cite news |last=Corrigan |first=Catherine |date=23 February 2012 |title=Small Group of Lawyers Launches Big Battle Against Corruption |work=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2012/02/23/small-group-of-lawyers-launches-big-battle-against-corruption.html |access-date=24 February 2023}} By strengthening economic and financial accountability, Sherpa advocates for an effective legal framework that protects the environment, communities, and workers.

The nonprofit initiates strategic litigation and judicial battles against multinationals corporations,{{Cite news |last=Husson-Traore |first=Anne-Catherine |date=12 December 2013 |title=Sherpa : 20 ans de défense de victimes de la mondialisation |work=Novethic |url=https://www.novethic.fr/actualite/social/droits-humains/isr-rse/sherpa-20-ans-de-defense-des-victimes-de-la-mondialisation-150394.html |access-date=24 February 2023}}{{Cite book |last1=Cossart |first1=Sandra |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/41153/chapter-abstract/350512869?redirectedFrom=fulltext |title=Human Rights Litigation against Multinationals in Practice |last2=Chatelain |first2=Lucie |publisher=Oxford Academic |year=2021 |pages=230–253 |chapter=Human Rights Litigation against Multinational Companies in France'}} and conducts legal research activities allowing it to implement its advocacy activities.{{Cite book |url=https://www.asso-sherpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sherpa_HandbookofProposals.pdf |title=Handbook of proposals to regulate multinationals |publisher=Sherpa |year=2021 |edition=2nd |access-date=24 February 2021}}

Sherpa also leads capacity sharing activities, such as the project “Developing the capacities of civil society in Benin, Togo, and Senegal to ensure that companies respect human rights and environmental law, and to enable the implementation of more protective public policies”. The project involves collaboration with other organizations, such as RSE-et-PED France, RSE Bénin, RSE-et-PED Togo and La Lumière.{{Cite web |title=Projet Vigilance - Togo, Bénin, Sénégal |url=https://www.afd.fr/fr/carte-des-projets/projet-vigilance-togo-benin-senegal |access-date=24 February 2023 |website=French Development Agency |language=French}}

References

External links

[http://www.asso-sherpa.org Sherpa official website (In French)]
[http://asso-sherpa.org/sherpa-content/docs/association/mission/SHERPA_RA_2011.pdf 2011 Annual Report]

Category:Business ethics organizations

Category:Legal organizations based in France