TotalEnergie

Type of liability
Personne morale

Alleged perpetrator(s)
TotalEnergie

Nationality of alleged perpetrator(s)
French

Legal classification of crime(s)
Complicity in war crimes
Complicity in torture
Complicity in enforced disappearances

Source of the complaint
NGO

Ongoing proceedings
oui

Regime
4 - 113 CP

Summary of facts

In July 2021, following a terrorist attack on a TotalEnergies gas site in Mozambique, armed soldiers of the Joint Task Force, a military unit created under an agreement between Mozambique and TotalEnergie, were providing security for the infrastructure. TotalEnergie allegedly financed and materially supported the Joint Task Force.
Civilians fleeing the Al-Shabaab militia were allegedly confined in metal containers at the entrance to the site, kept starving, beaten and tortured by TotalEnergie’s security soldiers. For some, this allegedly lasted until September 2021. At least 5 were allegedly killed and others declared missing.
Amnesty International France recalls that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law.

Legal proceedings

<p>November 2025: A complaint against TotalEnergie and against X is filed by the NGO ECCHR for complicity in war crimes, torture and enforced disappearances.</p>

Complaint

non

Names of NGOs / Victim(s)

ECCHR

Legal basis for jurisdiction (article)

113-6 PC

Sources

"TotalEnergies visé par une plainte pour « complicité de crimes de guerre » au Mozambique"