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Human Rights Risks for the Financial Sector: Lessons from Ten Years of the OECD Guidelines

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In 2011, following the adoption of the United Nations Guiding Principles, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (the “Guidelines”)—the only existing intergovernmental guidance to businesses—introduced a new...more

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Analysis of OECD Guidelines: Ch. IV Human Rights Cases

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In 2011, the UN Human Rights Council adopted the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("UNGP"). That same year, the OECD revised its Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises to include a new chapter on human...more

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National Contact Points in OECD Countries Promote Business & Human Rights in the Extractives Sector

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For over 20 years, a little-known dispute resolution mechanism has facilitated conciliatory ends to numerous human rights and environmental grievances levied against multinational corporations. The OECD’s National Contact...more

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Climate Change & Human Rights Risks to the Energy Industry: National Contact Points & Project Financing

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An increasing number of lawsuits relating to climate change are being filed with courts all around the world. But there is another avenue for pursuing grievances related to climate change that has been relatively unexplored...more

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An overview of the OECD's Phase 4 Report on the UK's implementation of the Anti-Bribery Convention

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“The UK has made significant improvements to its ability to detect foreign bribery, but could still do more by reforming out-of-date legislation and better utilizing existing resources.” On 23 March 2017, the...more

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Blog: Amnesty International And Global Witness Scold Companies For Poor Performance In Complying With Conflict Minerals Rule

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Amnesty International and Global Witness have posted a paper, “Digging for Transparency,” evaluating the performance by 100 public companies in their inaugural season of conflict minerals reporting. The overall reaction:...more

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Sunlight on Corruption: An Important Strategy in the Global Anti-Corruption Movement

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Everyone is against corruption. Everyone knows that corruption can stifle economic development and increase economic disparity and poverty. When government officials take money for their own benefit, they are robbing the...more

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