On 11 November, 2021, Ian Lundin and Alex Schneiter, two top executives of Lundin Energy, were indicted for complicity in atrocity crimes. To prove complicity in a crime, the prosecutor must show that the accused acted with intent. In Swedish law there are three levels of intent which require different levels of awareness. The Chairman …
On 18 November, 2021, the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) issued a statement to show its respect for the Swedish decision to hold Lundin Energy to account for complicity in war crimes. The statement stresses that there can be no peace without justice, no reconciliation outside the truth, and no forgiveness without repentence. The …
Company representatives demanded military interventions by abusive armed forces Victims hopeful that justice will be done “Impunity and disregard for victims has been among the root causes of perpetuating violence in South Sudan”Rev. James Kuong Ninrew, Juba. The Swedish Prosecution Authority has presented evidence that the chairman and main shareholder of Lundin Energy, Ian H. …
Indictment shows that Lundin knowingly caused and contributed to war crimes Read More »
The public prosecutor, Henrik Attorps, has formally indicted two representatives of Lundin Energy AB for complicity in grave war crimes in Sudan from 1999 to 2003. Lundin’s Chairman Ian H. Lundin and Director Alex Schneiter will be tried by the Stockholm District court. The prosecutor argues that the accused have aided and abetted grave war …
The severe judgement implicates Petronas and CNPC and raises the question why the Fund remains loyal to Lundin Norway’s $1.4 trillion Government Pension Fund has excluded India’s top oil producer Oil and Natural Gas Corp from its portfolio due to concerns over the company’s business in South Sudan. The Fund’s Council on Ethics takes the …
Norway’s Government Fund condemns ONGC for its role in South Sudan’s civil war Read More »
The Supreme Court of Sweden has today rejected the request by the defense lawyers of Ian Lundin, Alex Schneiter and Lundin Energy to hear their appeal to end the war crimes investigation against them. The suspects had argued that their right to a fair trial within a reasonable time has been infringed, invoking article 6(1) …
The Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) filed a legal opinion by the former US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Stephen Rapp, to the Supreme Court of Sweden. The opinion refutes the claims of Ian H. Lundin and Alex Schneiter that the investigation against them should be shelved because their right to fair trial within a …
The Clooney Foundation vs Lundin: Stop Evading Justice Read More »
Newsletter 2, 6 July 2021 Swedish Prosecutor Henrik Attorp has informed the District Court of Stockholm that he is planned to finish his last remaining task in the Lundin case in the last week of June, but he could not give a date for the indictment. The Prosecutor’s letter is a response to the Court’s …
Prosecutor is ready & the Court rejects a last request from Lundin Read More »
Ian H. Lundin, Alex Schneiter and Lundin Energy’s request to end the war crimes investigations against them was rejected by the Svea Court of Appeal (Svea hovrätt) on 27th of April. This was the fourth time that they had asked acourt to terminate the investigation for violating their human rights as suspects, without giving regard …
The District Court’s ruling from last year to allow the prosecutor to continue the war crimes investigation against Lundin has been upheld on 27 April by the Svea Court of Appeal. The decision was expected. Swedish courts have never before ordered the termination of an on-going criminal investigation and it is highly questionable whether they …
Lundin’s appeal to terminate the investigation is rejected Read More »
