Uyghur forced labor [INADMISSIBLE]

Type of liability
Personne morale

Alleged perpetrator(s)
UNIQLO SMCP INDITEX SKECHERS

Nationality of alleged perpetrator(s)
French

Legal classification of crime(s)
Concealment of crimes against humanity
Concealment of genocide
Aggravated reduction to servitude
Human trafficking by an organized group.

Source of the complaint
NGO Victim

Ongoing proceedings
oui

Regime
4 - 113 CP

Summary of facts

Four multinational companies in the garment sector are reportedly selling products whose manufacture allegedly involves the use of Uyghur forced labor in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region.

Amnesty International France recalls that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law.

Legal proceedings

April 9, 2021: A complaint is filed by Sherpa, the Collectif l’Ethique sur l’Etiquette and the Institut Ouïghour d’Europe, and by a Uyghur victim, for concealment of the crime of aggravated reduction to servitude, of the crime of human trafficking by an organized group, of the crime of genocide and of crimes against humanity. 
The Public Prosecutor’s Office retains only concealment of crimes against humanity. 
July 1, 2021: A preliminary investigation is opened. 
In April 2023: The PNAT relinquished the case to the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office, as it lacked jurisdiction over the offenses invoked. 
May 16, 2023: A new complaint with civil party application is filed by Sherpa, the Collectif l’Ethique sur l’Etiquette and the Institut Ouïghour d’Europe, and by a Uyghur victim, for the offense of concealment of crimes against humanity, of genocide, of aggravated reduction to servitude and of human trafficking by an organized group. 
February 6, 2025: The Paris Court of Appeal upholds the inadmissibility of the complaint.