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Oil companies’ divestment breached human rights in Nigeria, UN experts say
01 Sep 2025 17:48 GMT
… oil companies breached human rights obligations by selling their assets in Nigeria … Shell, and TotalEnergies, the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights … on farming and fishing.
Shell was the latest of … ago. The divestments by Shell and others were “an …
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Sale of Nigerian oil assets violate international law, frustrate environmental cleanup – UN experts
01 Sep 2025 02:16 GMT
… International Oil Companies (IOCs) in Nigeria “lacked transparency,” raising concerns about human rights impacts … on clean-up costs. Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary was sold to … companies run by former Shell staff – despite Nigeria’s regulator initially blocking …
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Asset Sales By Oil Giants In Nigeria Violate International Law, UN Experts Warn, Urge Cleanup, Compensation
31 Aug 2025 18:40 GMT
… cost at least $12 billion.
Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary, for instance, was … led by former Shell staff—despite initial opposition from Nigeria’s regulatory … regulate to protect human rights, and must not let the oil companies off …
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Falana Urges Nigerian Lawyers To Lead Fight Against Govt Neglect, Enforce Human Rights
27 Aug 2025 20:09 GMT
… enforceable. He cited Gbemre v. Shell (2005) as an example of … facilities to ensure compliance with human rights standards.
Monitoring Arrests and Protecting … need for Nigerian lawyers and institutions to actively defend human rights, combat government …
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Iran Update, September 1, 2025
02 Sep 2025 03:06 GMT
… Ali al Rubai
Justice and Human Rights Minister Mujahid Ahmed Abdullah … Liberian-flagged Scarlet Ray oil tanker approximately 40 nautical … ;Israeli" Scarlet Ray oil tanker and stated that this … by a Liberian-registered shell company that is connected …
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When NNPC’s Ojulari Played To The Gallery
01 Sep 2025 08:39 GMT
… as former managing director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Product Company ( … 21 million kickback scheme involving oil traders and pipeline contractors. According … Change Initiatives and the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) have suggested …
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Israeli arms firms banned from Dutch expo over Gaza war
21 Aug 2025 19:05 GMT
… comes amid a wider Dutch policy shift towards Israel, … export licenses.
Additionally, a Dutch court ordered the Netherlands in … the military to carry to shell on Gaza.
The Netherlands … stated that Israel violated the human rights requirement of the deal. …
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Dutch environmental group threatens to file lawsuits against 28 major polluters
20 Aug 2025 05:08 GMT
Milieudefensie is once again sending a letter to companies that emit large amounts of greenhouse gases, contributing to global warming. Following the ruling by the International Court of Justice at the end of July, the organization warns that these …
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The oil behind the ethnic cleansing
19 Aug 2025 20:24 GMT
… of journalists, human rights defenders and ethnic Armenians. Other big oil companies involved … a climate summit while committing human rights abuses, including the forced … confront their complicity. We watched Shell abandon Nigeria’s Niger Delta, leaving …
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Bodo Community’s ‘Final Chance for Justice’ as Shell Oil Spill Trial Opens in UK
14 Aug 2025 02:38 GMT
… over Shell’s onshore oil operations in Nigeria after the oil … Sanusi, Amnesty International Nigeria Director.
“Shell admitted responsibility over … the environmental and human rights toll of Shell’s operations … sculpture outside the Royal Courts of Justice …