Chlordecone Scandal in the West Indies: Council of Europe finds association application "inadmissible"

NGOs had referred the case to the European Committee of Social Rights, in particular to claim compensation for the chlordecone pollution scandal in the West Indies, a request rejected by the Council of Europe body.

Paris, 31 March 2025 (AFP) – The Council of Europe declared the request of associations requiring France to improve access to water in Guadeloupe and to make reparations for the chlordecone pollution scandal in the West Indies, according to a decision issued on Monday. In March 2024, the International Federation of [...]

The European Committee of Social Rights (CEDS) of the Council of Europe declared inadmissible the collective complaint against France submitted by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) with the Ligue des droits de l'Homme (LDH) and the Antillean association Kimbé Rèd F.W.I. This complaint addressed to the CDS denounced France for its serious breaches of the European Social Charter, concerning access to drinking water and the poiso…