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| |  | | Herve Madeo | | | context : | Burma (Myanmar)  | | judgement place : | Belgium | | status : | Indicted | | particulars : | Charged in 2002 with complicity in crimes against humanity in Myanmar. Charged in Belgium in 2002 with illegal imprisonment during the construction of a pipeline; proceedings closed by the Cour de Cassation in June 2005; proceedings reopened after a ruling by the constitutional court in October 2007; preliminary court hearing expected at the end of October 2007 | | position : | Director of the TMEP (1992-1999), responsible for the management of a pipeline project in the region of Yadana, Myanmar. |
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| | | | Hervé Madeo is a French citizen. As the director of TOTAL MYANMAR EXPLORATION PRODUCTION (TMEP)from 1992-1999, Madeo was responsible for the operations of TOTAL on Burmese territory. For this reason, he was involved in a pipeline project in the region of Yadana. In the area of Tenasserim, military battalions were responsible for the security of the pipeline project; although TOTAL and its management were aware of frequent and systematic human rights violations perpetrated by these battalions, they are alleged to have given them moral, financial, logistical and military support.
Several reports by human rights organizations, testimonies by victims of forced labour and TOTAL’s internal documents were said to prove that TOTAL and their management were fully aware of the crimes their military partners were committing. For instance, Madeo was allegedly informed repeatedly and personally by the management of UNOCAL (Total’s American partner in the project) about the risks involved in forced labour. TOTAL supposedly paid compensation to 463 victims of forced labour between December 1995 and January 1996, which indicated that they were clearly aware of the serious situation. The crimes against humanity perpetrated by the security forces were thought to have had the support of TOTAL; this being the case, the firm might therefore have been considered as complicit in these crimes. | |     click for more... | | Trial Watch would like to remind its users that any person charged by national or international authorities is presumed innocent until proven guilty. | |  |  | | period of charges : | | | 01.01.1988 - 31.12.1996 | | | charges : | | | Crimes against humanity | | | profile last modified : | | | 14.12.2009 |
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