Global Witness welcomes today's decision by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to dissociate itself from the Danzer Group, in light of accusations of human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Global Witness has previously expressed serious concerns about the actions of Danzer's Congolese subsidiary SIFORCO. On April 25th, Global Witness and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) filed a criminal complaint against the Swiss-German timber manufacturer accusing it of aiding and abetting grave human rights violations against members of a forest community in the DRC.
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