ASSAUPAMAR et al v. X

Reference :

No description

Complaint date :

February 24, 2006

Status :

Provisional judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

France, Paris

Plaintiffs types :

Environmental NGOs, Health/Food groups, Individuals, Unions

Plaintiffs names :

ASSAUPAMAR, Association pour une écologie urbaine, Union des producteurs agricoles de Guadeloupe (UGP), Union régionale des consommateurs, Conseil régional de la Guadeloupe, Confédération paysanne, Union des groupements des producteurs de bananes de Guadeloupe et de Martinique, Générations futures, Asociation ENVIE-SANTE, CGT Guadeloupe, Union Générale deTravailleurs de Guadeloupe (UGTG), Association médicale pour la sauvegarde de l'environnement et de la santé (AMSES), Association internationale pour la réparation MIR Martinique, Malcolm Djama Ferdinand, Patricia Chatenay Rivauday, Collectivité territoriale de la Martinique, Conseil représentatif des associations noires (CRAN)

Defendants :

Other

Lawyers :

Dominique Monotuka, Jean-Paul Teissoniere, Georges Louis Boutrin, Raphaël Constant, Margaret Tanger, Ernest Daninthe, Harry Durimel, Jean-Claude Durimel, Frédérique Baulieu, Julie Bariani, Jean-Bernard Thomas, François Lafforgue, Gilles Devers, Rachid Madid, Olivier Tabone, Christophe Lèguevaques, Alex Ursulet

Case nature :

Criminal court

Products :

Chlordecone, Insecticide, Organochlorine

Requests :

Indictment of those responsible for poisoning, complicity in poisoning and endangering the lives of others by chlordecone

Name of the Court :

Judicial Court of Paris , France

Jurisdiction level :

Court

Decision date :

January 2, 2023

Decision nature :

Negative

Decision content :

Final dismissal of the case

Legal basis :

National law

Court Ruling :

Link to the ruling

Summary :

In 2006, several groups from Martinique and Guadeloupe filed a complaint for poisoning, endangering the lives of others and administering a harmful substance. Since 2008, the public health unit of the Paris judicial court has been in charge of a judicial investigation. On November 24, 2022, the Public Prosecutor's Office issued its final recommendation to dismiss the case. According to him, the facts of poisoning could not receive the legal qualification of poisoning and would be prescribed. On January 2, 2023, the investigating judges dismissed the case. The applicants will appeal this judgment.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.