Hardening soft law: Strategic use of the OECD Guidelines to achieve meaningful outcomes
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OECD Watch releases video explainers on the OECD Guidelines, due diligence guidance, and National Contact Points
OECD Watch has released a series of five videos introducing key topics related to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (OECD Guidelines). It contains explainers on the OECD Guidelines, National Contact Points (NCPs), OECD Due…
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OECD Watch comments on consultation draft
Civil society priorities to ensure a progressive update of the OECD Guidelines
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Strengthening the OECD Guidelines
Guidance for civil society on why and how to engage in the public consultation on the Targeted Update of OECD Guidelines
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Setting the record straight
Downstream due diligence
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Is Brazil fit for OECD membership?
In 2015 and 2019 tailings dams, holding mining waste material, collapsed, sending toxic mud into rivers and ecosystems in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Brazil is seeking membership in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),…
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OECD Watch submission on the second draft of the Targeted Updates
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OECD faults Canada over handling of complaint related to Malaysian political family’s real estate group
In a recently published decision, the OECD Investment Committee faults the Canadian government for its handling of a complaint brought by Swiss NGO Bruno Manser Fonds before Canada’s National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines…
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Evaluating corporate due diligence through a gender lens in Latin America
Workshop report
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OECD Watch’s annual ‘State of Remedy’ report finds NCPs still largely failing to facilitate effective remedy outcomes in 2021
Cases filed with National Contact Points for the OECD Guidelines left complainants largely empty-handed in 2021, OECD Watch concludes in its yearly state of remedy analysis. The report underscores the need for mandatory due diligence…