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Civil society guide to influencing the OECD accession process
Guide helps civil society understand and leverage the OECD accession process to demand reforms in candidate states
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New civil society guide to influencing the OECD accession process
Guide helps civil society understand and leverage the opaque and technical process to demand major domestic reforms in candidate states On 25 January 2022, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced that it…
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Civil society demands rigorous terms for the accession of Brazil and five other countries to the OECD
This week, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced that it would open accession discussions with six countries: Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Peru, and Romania. OECD Watch, a global network of over 130…
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Second evaluation of NCPs shows persistent gaps in performance
Gaps must be addressed via revision of the OECD Guidelines’ Procedural Guidance OECD Watch has completed its second evaluation of NCPs according to a set of 40 key performance indicators (KPIs) assessing elements of NCPs’…
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Holding governments accountable for their duty to protect human rights: The Australian National Contact Point and the road to functional equivalence
‘What a difference a day makes’, or, in this case, a couple of years and a strategic intervention by civil society. Less than a decade ago, the confidence of civil society organisations (‘CSOs’) in the…
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Nominee shareholdings: UN Human Rights office confirms banks’ human rights responsibilities
A new UN advice clarifies the application of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to key financial instrument of relevance to OECD Guidelines case involving UBS and Hikvision. In a letter to…
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OECD Watch challenges Canadian NCP’s failure to abide by international commitments
OECD Watch’s “substantiated submission” calls on OECD to condemn undue pressure by corporations on governments and correct Canadian NCP’s non-transparent, unpredictable, and inequitable handling of complaint by civil society In the second filing of…
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OECD Watch report explains why and how to close gaps in the OECD Guidelines
In “Get Fit: Closing gaps in the OECD Guidelines to make them fit for purpose,” OECD Watch argues for a revision of the Guidelines to close problematic gaps in both standards for multinational enterprises and…
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Get Fit: Closing gaps in the OECD Guidelines to make them fit for purpose
Why and how to resolve gaps in the Guidelines on standards for businesses and expectations for National Contact Points