Mediation collapses, NGOs want case against EACOP to proceed to trial
Uganda, Oct. 14 -- A case in which a section of civil society organisations is seeking to stop construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) will continue to trial in Paris following collapse of mediation.
In a statement published on Wednesday, Total Energies indicated that civil society organisations had snubbed a mediation process with Total, which had been proposed by a Paris Civil Court in France.
The mediation was in connection with a court hearing that was expected on Wednesday, forcing the court to push the pleadings to December 7.
In October 2019, Total said, a section of non-government organisations had brought proceedings against it in the Nanterre Civil Court in France's "duty of vigilance" law, claiming it had...
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