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16-05-2012

Argentine managers summoned for questioning on complicity in dictatorship-era crimes

As part of investigations into the complicity of the sugar company Ledesma in crimes of the military dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983), the Federal Court of Jujuy has summoned two businessmen for questioning. In April 2011, ECCHR presented an amicus curiae in several cases concerning Ledesma, about their corporate complicity in human rights violations.

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07-05-2012

ECCHR succeed in removing client from the UN Security Council 1267 Al-Qaida blacklist

7 May 2012 The United Nations Security Council 1267 Sanctions Committee today formally announced the removal of one of ECCHR’s clients (Mr Kamel Darraji) from the Al-Qaida terrorism blacklist. His delisting brings an ordeal of almost eight years to an end and finally opens the possibility for Mr Darraji and his family to resume an ordinary life.

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25-04-2012

Child Labor and the Responsibility of Western Actors: Seven films from the High Level Hearing on Uzbekistan

25 April 2012 “We should never abandon the people of Uzbekistan because they deserve much better than what they have now under this repressive regime” said former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Theo van Boven on March 1, 2012 in Berlin. On that day, Uzbekistan’s state-sponsored forced child labor and the relationship and leverage of the West with Uzbekistan were discussed at the occasion of a High Level Hearing organized by ECCHR, “From the Uzbek Cotton Fields to the Termez Military Base”. Seven short films have been realized and are now available on ECCHR website.

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05-04-2012

The Prasanna De Silva Case

5 April 2012 The Sri Lankan Major General Prasanna De Silva is defense attaché at the Sri Lankan High Commission in London since September 2010. According to a report by The Guardian, De Silva’s withdrawal is expected within the next days. A reason for the withdrawal is a 28-pages background dossier supported by ECCHR on the alleged involvement of De Silva in war crimes committed during the last months of the Sri Lankan civil war (January - May 2009).

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05-03-2012

Nestlé precedent case: Charges filed in murder of Colombian trade unionist

6 March 2012 ECCHR and the Colombian trade union SINALTRAINAL yesterday filed charges at the Swiss public prosecution in Zug against the Nestlé company and members of its senior management. They are accused of bearing responsibility for the 2005 murder of Luciano Romero by failing to act with preventative measures. The charge sets a legal precedent as it could mark the first time a Swiss company has been held liable in Switzerland for a crime committed abroad.

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10-12-2010

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