After failed negotiations for compensation following a factory fire in Pakistan, victims decided to sue the German retailer KiK for its responsibility as an important buyer of the factory.
According to the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR): “In 2014, KiK agreed to waive any possible statutory limitation, but two years after the civil suit was filed in Germany reneged on this agreement”. This course of events suggests KiK has abused judicial process to avoid meaningful remedy.
Read more on this case on the ECCHRs website
More sources on the case:
Hogan Lovells article
European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights article
Deutsche Welle article
Deutsche Welle article
Decision by the Dortmund regional Court