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OECD Watch calls for reforms to Korean NCP to restore stakeholder confidence
News / 9th May 2018

OECD Watch calls for reforms to Korean NCP to restore stakeholder confidence

OECD Watch letter expresses concern over performance of South Korean NCP This April, OECD Watch sent a letter to the South Korean NCP and other government ministries expressing concern over the NCP’s performance. The small…

Submission of OECD Watch for the 2018 Peer Review of the Canadian NCP
News / 9th February 2018

Submission of OECD Watch for the 2018 Peer Review of the Canadian NCP

The submission outlines ways in which the NCP can advance the effectiveness of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprise and serve as a platform for resolving complaints related to corporate misconduct. The submission was made…

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Independent review: Australian NCP among the poorest performing internationally
News / 9th February 2018

Independent review: Australian NCP among the poorest performing internationally

Last year, the Foreign Investment Division within Australia’s ‘Treasury’ department commissioned an independent review of the Australian National Contact Point (NCP) to evaluate its effectiveness. Alex Newton, lawyer and specialist in business and human rights,…

Restoring civil society confidence in the UK NCP
News / 8th February 2018

Restoring civil society confidence in the UK NCP

OECD Watch has sent an open letter to the UK NCP to express its concerns regarding the performance of the NCP. For years, the UK NCP had a reputation as one of the best performing…

“Judicial mechanisms are the backbone of the remedy system, non-judicial the fingertips”
News / 4th December 2017

“Judicial mechanisms are the backbone of the remedy system, non-judicial the fingertips”

During the opening, “Introduction to Remedy” panel of the 6th annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, SOMO and OECD Watch’s Joseph Wilde-Ramsing got anatomical to describe the relationship between judicial remedy and non-judicial…

Six secrets to success: Analysis of key success factors for remedy in the case of DRC workers vs. Heineken at the Dutch NCP
News / 3rd December 2017

Six secrets to success: Analysis of key success factors for remedy in the case of DRC workers vs. Heineken at the Dutch NCP

During a panel discussion at the 6th annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, in Geneva, Switzerland, representatives of OECD Watch, Heineken, the Dutch NCP, and victims from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…

OECD Watch explains the “Remedy is the Reason” campaign to NCPs in Geneva
News / 28th November 2017

OECD Watch explains the “Remedy is the Reason” campaign to NCPs in Geneva

During the second day of the 6th annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland, OECD Watch held an informal meeting with the NCPs of 12 countries: Norway, Austria, U.K., U.S.A, Finland,…

News / 24th November 2017

Civil society watchdog challenges Australian government’s handling of complaint about human rights abuses at Manus Island asylum centre

Today, the OECD Watch network has submitted the first-ever appeal to the OECD’s Investment Committee challenging the Australian National Contact Point’s (NCP) handling of a complaint filed against the security firm G4S Australia Pty Ltd,…

publication cover - Submission of OECD Watch for the 2017 Peer Review of the Austrian NCP
Publication / 21st November 2017

Submission of OECD Watch for the 2017 Peer Review of the Austrian NCP

publication cover - Submission of OECD Watch for the 2017 Peer Review of the Austrian NCP
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publication cover - A 4×10 plan for why and how to unlock the potential of the OECD Guidelines (update)
Publication / 1st November 2017

A 4×10 plan for why and how to unlock the potential of the OECD Guidelines (update)

Marking 40 years of the OECD Guidelines
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