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UPDATE 3-French court dismisses Uganda lawsuit against TotalEnergies
UPDATE 3-French court dismisses Uganda lawsuit against TotalEnergies,Under the suit filed in 2019, six French and Ugandan activist groups had accused the company of failing to protect people and the environment from the Tilenga oil development and the $3.5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline. The campaigners wanted the court to order TotalEnergies to halt the east African projects, basing their case on a 2017 "duty of vigilance" French law that requires companies to identify human rights and environmental risks in their global operations and supply chains, and take measures to prevent them.

UPDATE 3-French court dismisses Uganda lawsuit against TotalEnergies

Under the suit filed in 2019, six French and Ugandan activist groups had accused the company of failing to protect people and the environment from the Tilenga oil development and the $3.5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline. The campaigners wanted the court to order TotalEnergies to halt the east African projects, basing their case on a 2017 "duty of vigilance" French law that requires companies to identify human rights and environmental risks in their global operations and supply chains, and take measures to prevent them.