Halliburton bribe: Paris court sentences Technip executives for bribing Nigerian officials

While no Nigerian official implicated in the $180 million (N27 billion) Halliburton bribery scam has been convicted, a Paris court, Friday, sentenced two former executives of French engineering and construction giant, Technip S.A, for their role in the scam.

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Technip (TEC:EN Paris),(TEC:FP),(PINX:TKPPY) has been a Global Compact participant since 2002/10/14.

MOSOP Media Nigeria Village $1B Suit against Shell in US Rejected

MOSOP Media Nigeria Village $1B Suit against Shell in US Rejected

Oil spills: Nigerians seek $1bn from Shell

Oil spills: Nigerians seek $1bn from Shell: A Nigerian tribal king has filed a lawsuit in a US court seeking $1bn from Royal Dutch Shell to compensate for decades of pollution that sickened his people and damaged their lands, his lawyer says.

Royal Dutch Shell plc is a founding fathers of the U.N. Global Compact since 2000/07/26.

U.N. report: http://www.unep.org/nigeria

Shell accused of exacerbating violence in Nigeria by paying rival militants

'Platform' a coalition of non-government organisations investigates Shell's alleged payments to rival militants gangs in Nigeria. 


03-10-2011
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Supreme Court Set to Decide Corporate Liability for Human Rights Violations | AHN

Supreme Court Set to Decide Corporate Liability for Human Rights Violations | AHN

The Supreme Court is expected to decide within weeks whether it will hear a case on the liability of U.S. corporations for human rights violations in other countries. (...) The dispute came to a head in recent lawsuits against oil companies Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Exxon Mobil Corp. for their oil exploration in Nigeria and Indonesia.They are accused of trampling the health and livelihoods of native people and using soldiers to intimidate them.  Read more


Royal Dutch Shell PLC is considered as a 'founding father' by the UNGC. 

Shell Liable for Two 2008 Oil Spills in Nigeria

On August 3rd 2011, an article from the Guardian (U.K) reported Royal Dutch Shell plc accepted its liability for two major oil spills in Nigeria (more). This is occurring while a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report is expected  to be released  on the impacts of oil pollution in the Ogoniland region of the Niger Delta.