Published on April 12th, 2019 | by Egbert Wesselink
Towards criminal liability of corporations for human rights violations: The Lundin case in Sweden The Lundin may become a landmark case because of the novelty and complexity of the legal issues that the Swedish court ... Read More →
Published on March 27th, 2019 | by Egbert Wesselink
The Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden on 26 March 2019 threw out an appeal by defense lawyers of Lundin Petroleum. They demanded the Court to overrule the October 2018 decision by the Government to allow the ... Read More →
Published on March 27th, 2019 | by Egbert Wesselink
Thomas Alstrand from the public prosecutor’s office in Gothenburg was quoted by Dagens Nyheter on 13 February 2019 that a criminal investigation has been opened into threats and acts of violence against witnesses in the ... Read More →
Published on November 15th, 2018 | by Egbert Wesselink
On 15 November 2018, Ian Lundin and Alex Schneiter sent a letter to Lundin Petroleum's investors, business partners and media contacts... Read More →
Published on November 15th, 2018 | by Egbert Wesselink
EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law The Road Less Travelled: How Corporate Directors Could be Held Individually Liable in Sweden for Corporate Atrocity Crimes Abroad Published on November 13, 2018 Author: Miriam Ingeson and Alexandra Lily Kather ... Read More →
Published on November 5th, 2018 | by Egbert Wesselink
The Swedish Prosecution Authority on 1 November 2018 notified Lundin Petroleum A.B. that the Company may be liable to a corporate fine and forfeiture of economic benefits of SEK 3,285 (app. € 318 million) for involvement ... Read More →
Published on October 19th, 2018 | by Egbert Wesselink
The Financial Times reported on 18 October 2018 that the Swedish Government has approved a request by the prosecutors to take Ian Lundin and Alex Schneiter to court for aiding and abetting war crimes. Sweden’s justice ... Read More →
Published on September 11th, 2018 | by Egbert Wesselink
Dagens Nyheter on 6 August 2018, accused Lundin Petroleum of involvement in bribing, threatening, and persecuting witnesses in the war crimes investigation into the company’s top management. In an editorial comment, the company was compared with ... Read More →
Published on April 27th, 2017 | by PAX
Swedwatch and Fair Finance Guide, Sweden has published a report Fuel for Conflict – Investors and the Case of Lundin Petroleum in Sudan, on April 27, 2017. The report states that all companies have a responsibility to ... Read More →
The Hague, 23 May 2019: The Asser Institute discusses the Lundin case
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Lundin rebuffed by the Supreme Administrative Court, clearing the last hurdle preventing prosecution
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Lundin Petroleum also investigated for perverting the course of justice
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Lundin Petroleum Receives Final Notice of Indictment and Case Files
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The Legal Framework of the War Crimes Case against Lundin Petroleum
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