OECD Watch has monitored the implementation and effectiveness of the OECD Guidelines over the past ten years and made an analysis of cases filed by NGOs against corporations alleging violations of the OECD Guidelines. Ten years of NGO experience with the Guidelines indicate that they are inadequate as a global mechanism to improve the operations of multinationals. The task ahead for the OECD and adhering governments is clear: If the OECD Guidelines are to be considered a credible, legitimate and enforceable standard to resolve corporate abuses and promote responsible business behaviour in the 21st century, the critical issues outlined in the OECD Watch report should be addressed.

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Copies of the report are available.

After the press conference there will be opportunity for personal interviews with the authors and representatives from the case studies featured in the report: CEDHA, EarthRights International, Shwe Gas Movement, Survival International and Transparency International German Chapter.