Date:

26 Jun 2024

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Article

After more than three years of legal wrangling, a court in Paris has ruled that a civil case brought by Indigenous communities in Mexico against French energy giant EDF can go ahead. The case was filed by Zapotec communities in Oaxaca state, who complain that EDF’s Gunaa Sicarú wind farm project violates their land rights and lacks reasonable consultation with communities.

Date:

9 Jun 2022

Content Type:

Article

Mexico’s state power utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) has cancelled the power supply contract signed with EDF Renewables for its 252MW Gunaa Sicarú wind energy project, following protests and legal proceedings by economic, social and cultural rights group ProDESC and the Union Hidalgo indigenous group.

Date:

27 Sep 2021

Content Type:

Article

Date:

15 Jul 2021

Content Type:

Article

EDF’s wind farm is in limbo after residents in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, sought a court-ordered injunction.

Date:

10 Jun 2021

Content Type:

Report

Report by CCFD-Terre Solidaire (France), ProDESC (Mexico) and ECCHR.

Date:

13 Oct 2020

Content Type:

Article

Case report by ECCHR, ProDESC and CCFD - Terre Solidaire

Date:

13 Oct 2020

Content Type:

Article

French energy giant EDF has been working on the Gunaa Sicarú wind park project since 2015. The problem: wind power stations are planned on the territory of the indigenous Unión Hidalgo community. EDF is trying to secure a construction authorization from the Mexican state – but until now, the indigenous group was not effectively consulted. This is why Unión Hidalgo representatives, the Mexican organization ProDESC, and ECCHR filed a civil suit against EDF in France on 13 October 2020. The company should halt the wind farm project until it can meet human rights standards. [ECCHR case page]

Date:

10 Mar 2020

Content Type:

Article

Date:

18 Jun 2024

Content Type:

Article

The Paris Court of Appeal has upheld NGO actions against TotalEnergies and EDF, allowing for a detailed examination of their due diligence plans, which could lead to significant changes in their management of due diligence obligations.

Date:

6 Mar 2024

Content Type:

Story

In a crucial development for the Law on the Duty of Vigilance, 3 cases were heard before the Paris Court of Appeal on 5 March, with a decision due in June 2024.

Date:

3 Dec 2021

Content Type:

Article

On 29 November 2021, Paris civil court (tribunal judiciaire) dismissed a request from ProDESC and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) to order French energy giant Électricité de France (EDF) the suspension of the construction of a wind park in Oaxaca, Mexico. The groups claim the construction violates indigenous group Unión Hidalgo’s human rights.The court cited procedural grounds.

Date:

27 Sep 2021

Content Type:

Article

Date:

15 Jul 2021

Content Type:

Article

EDF’s wind farm is in limbo after residents in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, sought a court-ordered injunction.

Date:

10 Jun 2021

Content Type:

Report

Report by CCFD-Terre Solidaire (France), ProDESC (Mexico) and ECCHR.

Date:

13 Oct 2020

Content Type:

Article

French energy giant EDF has been working on the Gunaa Sicarú wind park project since 2015. The problem: wind power stations are planned on the territory of the indigenous Unión Hidalgo community. EDF is trying to secure a construction authorization from the Mexican state – but until now, the indigenous group was not effectively consulted. This is why Unión Hidalgo representatives, the Mexican organization ProDESC, and ECCHR filed a civil suit against EDF in France on 13 October 2020. The company should halt the wind farm project until it can meet human rights standards. [ECCHR case page]