Africa: French Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against TotalEnergies Pipeline in Africa

The 2017 statute requires companies to identify human rights and environmental risks in their global operations and supply chains, and to take measures to prevent them.

Dismissing the action, judges in the civil court panel said that only a judge examining the case more in depth could assess whether there was enough substance in the accusations against TotalEnergies. A review of operations around the pipeline could then take place, they added.

The court in its ruling - the first based on the 2017 law - said nothing prevented France from enforcing laws that govern the overseas activities of companies present in France. TotalEnergies had argued a French court did not have jurisdiction over the overseas activities of its subsidiary TotalEnergies EP Uganda.Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox

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