Trial Reports – The Lundin Oil Case

A trial against two former executives at the Swedish oil company Lundin Oil, now Orrön Energy, is taking place in Sweden. The chief executive, Alexandre Schneiter, and chairman, Ian Lundin, have both been indicted with complicity in grave war crimes committed by Sudan’s regime in what is now South Sudan. The trial is historical – it is the biggest one in Swedish history.

We are monitoring the trial on site and will be publishing reports from it every week.

Follow the trial below:

Report 21: The Last Part of Alexandre Schneiter’s defence’s opening presentation

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19 April 2024

Alexandre Schneiter´s defense completed the final section of its opening presentation this week, which focused on explaining Alexandre Schneiter´s position on the charges of aiding and abetting in poi...

Report 20: Part Four of Alexandre Schneiter’s defense’s opening presentation

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11 April 2024

This week´s proceedings saw Alexander Schneiter’s defense continue its presentation. They addressed the reorganisation within Sudan Ltd., which allegedly diminished Alexandre Schneiter´s role in the c...

Report 19: Part Three of Alexandre Schneiter’s defence’s opening presentation 

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3 April 2024

During this week´s proceedings, Alexandre Schneiter´s defense focused extensively on describing various internal security reports from the period October 2000 – July 2001, detailing the course o...

Report 18: Part Two of Alexandre Schneiter’s defense’s opening presentation

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21 March 2024

During this week´s proceedings, the defense continued to address the alleged aerial bombardments using Antonov transport aircraft (see our previous report), and named other actors who also had Antonov...

Report 17: Part One of Alexandre Schneiter’s defense’s opening presentation

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8 March 2024

On the first day of this week’s hearing, Alexandre Schneiter´s defense began its presentation. After an introduction on various issues related to the indictment, the defense spent most of this w...

Report 16: The Last Part of Ian Lundin’s defense’s opening presentation 

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28 February 2024

Ian Lundin`s defense completed the final segment of its opening presentation this week, which focused on explaining Ian Lundin`s position on the charges of aiding and abetting in point 9 of the indict...

Report 15: Part Five of Ian Lundin’s defense’s opening presentation

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26 February 2024

During this week`s proceedings, Ian Lundin`s defense continued its presentation. They started off by finishing their last section on roads. The defense then spent most of this week`s proceedings addre...

Report 13: Part Three of Ian Lundin’s defense’s opening presentation

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5 February 2024

This week’s proceedings saw Ian Lundin’s defense continue its presentation. They addressed the reporting from international organizations in the area, questioning its reliability. If you h...

Report 12: Part Two of Ian Lundin’s Defense’s opening presentation

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18 December 2023

During this week’s proceedings, Ian Lundin’s defence focused extensively on elucidating the international community’s stance on oil extraction in Sudan and detailing the diverse armed groups ope...

Report 11: The plaintiffs’ counsel’s presentation and Ian Lundin’s Defense’s opening presentation

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13 December 2023

The first day of this week’s hearing took a surprising turn. The plan had been for the plaintiffs’ counsel to present their case this day. After the court’s decision to separate the victims’ claims fo...