{"id":3329,"date":"2026-01-29T23:08:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/lafarge-trial-multinational-companies-enjoying-impunity-prioritising-profits-over-human-rights\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T23:08:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:08:27","slug":"lafarge-trial-multinational-companies-enjoying-impunity-prioritising-profits-over-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/lafarge-trial-multinational-companies-enjoying-impunity-prioritising-profits-over-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Lafarge trial: Multinational companies &#039;enjoying impunity, prioritising profits over human rights&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/46525870-ba42-11f0-b4d4-005056bfb2b6\/w:1024\/p:16x9\/EN-20251104-130833-131407-CS.jpg\" \/><br \/>It is one of the most consequential legal proceedings in modern corporate history \u2014 a trial that could redefine what accountability means in the global economy. The Lafarge case, now before French courts, marks the first time a company as a legal entity is being prosecuted in France for financing a terrorist enterprise. Even more striking, it is the first case where a corporation faces this charge for payments made through a foreign subsidiary. At its heart lies a question that has haunted global business for decades: can a multinational corporation claim ignorance of crimes committed in&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/video\/20251105-lafarge-trial-multinational-companies-enjoying-impunity-prioritising-profits-over-human-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is one of the most consequential legal proceedings in modern corporate history \u2014 a trial that could redefine what accountability means in the global economy. The Lafarge case, now before French courts, marks the first time a company as a legal entity is being prosecuted in France for financing a terrorist enterprise. Even more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,64],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business","7":"category-entreprise"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}