New OECD Guidelines Case against Netherlands-based Makro in Pakistan
Claims of Human Rights Violations, Environmental Degradation and the Illegal Acquisition of Land
09 10 2008
Shehri-Citizens for a Better Environment (Shehri-CBE) is requesting that the Dutch National Contact Point (NCP) specifically ascertain whether MAKRO has broken two sections of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; Chapter Two, General Policies, and Chapter Five, The Environment. Shehri-CBE is also looking to the Dutch NCP to facilitate a resolution with respect to the company’s involvement in the illegal transfer and conversion of land use, human rights violations and environmental degradation.
To read the complaint filed by Shehri CBE click here
Photo, from Shehri CBE, of cesspool and rubble caused by Makro-Habib, September 2007
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