Cases / Agriculture, livestock and food · Thailand · 2020

Thai court lets 712 Cambodian families bring class action against sugar firm

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report

No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.

Did nature suffer? Not measured.

Not on record

The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.

What the record lacks: 2 none on record · 1 not measured · 1 unclear See the gaps

In July 2020 a Thai court ruled that 712 Cambodian families could bring a class action against a sugar company, Amnesty International reported. The sources reviewed do not give the outcome of the action.

What?

A Thai court ruled that 712 Cambodian families could bring a class action against a sugar company. Amnesty International

Where?

Thailand (court); Cambodia (families) Amnesty International

When?

July 2020 Amnesty International

Who?

Gained

712 Cambodian families — Right to bring a class action Amnesty International

Lost

None on record

Harmed

None on record

Why?

Not stated in the sources reviewed.

How?

Class action by Cambodian families against a sugar company, allowed by a Thai court ruling. Amnesty International

6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

Amnesty International reported in July 2020 that a Thai court ruled that 712 Cambodian families could bring a class action against a sugar company.

Amnesty International's report names the case as the Mitr Phol case.

In court and with insurers

Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

Lawsuits and rulings

2020-07Outcome not on record
Mitr Phol case (class action)
Thai court (not named in the sources reviewed) · Civil · 712 Cambodian families → Mitr Phol (sugar company)
The July 2020 ruling allowed 712 Cambodian families to bring a class action; the sources reviewed do not give the outcome. Amnesty International

Insurers

No insurer decision on record.

What we don't know

Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

Nature

Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

Court

Unclear Mitr Phol case (class action): outcome not on record.

Record

None on record The sources reviewed do not give the outcome of the class action after the July 2020 ruling.
None on record The sources reviewed do not state what harm the families allege or whether the company's operations caused it.