In the context of the OHCHR consultation with John Ruggie on the “Protect, Respect, Remedy” framework, OECD Watch organized a lunchtime side event that was aimed at exploring if and how the OECD Guidelines could be employed to operationalize the Ruggie framework, and how the Ruggie framework can help improve the OECD Guidelines during the upcoming review in 2010.

In this report the main conclusions of the side event are summarised. The focus of most of the plenary discussion was focussed on the currently poor functioning of the OECD Guidelines and the vast majority of NCPs. The general consensus was that the Guidelines in their current form and functioning cannot contribute much to the operationalization of the Ruggie framework as they are largely ineffective in their role as a remedy mechanism.