About Sherpa
| Sector | |
|---|---|
| Type of organisation | NGO |
| Website | asso-sherpa.org |
Activities
Advocacy: In order to advance the law at national and international level, Sherpa develops axes of legal advocacy and implements advocacy campaigns with economic, political, institutional actors, the media and the general public. Strategic litigation: Backed by its network of jurists and lawyers, Sherpa supports the victims of economic crimes.
The association implements strategic legal actions in support of the victim communities. These actions can be judicial (filing complaints before civil, criminal or administrative courts) or extrajudicial (mechanism of the OECD National Contact Points, mediation or arbitration). Law laboratory: As a think tank, Sherpa is developing new legal tools for advocacy campaigns and litigation strategies. They can take the form of investigation reports, briefings, articles of doctrine or legal studies. Awareness and legal training: Convinced that the sharing of knowledge and the transfer of skills contribute favorably to development, Sherpa develops awareness-raising and capacity-building activities in France and abroad.
Their objective is to strengthen the autonomy of local actors and their capacity to implement legal actions, but also to stimulate exchange and collaboration between civil society organizations and experts. We have set up a first series of legal caravans in 6 French-speaking African countries since 2012.
Our Partners
Sherpa supports the victims of economic crimes. The association implements strategic legal actions in support of the victim communities. These actions can be judicial (filing complaints before civil, criminal or administrative courts) or extrajudicial (mechanism of the OECD National Contact Points, mediation or arbitration).
Sherpa is developing awareness-raising and capacity-building activities in France and abroad. The aim is to strengthen the autonomy of local actors and their capacity to take legal action, but also to stimulate exchange and collaboration between civil society organizations and experts. We have set up a first series of legal caravans in 6 French-speaking African countries since 2012.
Strategies For Change
Work for the establishment of a binding legal framework which apprehends economic activities throughout the production chain to empower economic actors and in particular parent companies and prime contractors of multinationals which violate human rights and cause environmental damage. Fight against illicit financial flows; corruption, money laundering, tax evasion.
We are working to build a world where the law serves a fair economy. Economic crime takes two main forms, each the subject of a specific program within Sherpa; the “Globalization and human rights” program, and the “Illicit financial flow” program. To implement them, Sherpa brings together a team of expert lawyers and jurists as well as numerous experts and professionals who support its pro bono action.
Sherpa has already obtained the establishment of reparation mechanisms for communities victims of economic crimes, convictions for serious economic crimes against multinationals and leaders, and legislative and political advances that have a concrete impact on the definition of the globalised economy.
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