4 October 2010 - OECD Conference Centre, Paris

 

With Professor John Ruggie

On 4 October 2010, Professor John Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises, conducted a special consultation with the 42 adhering governments to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises to discuss the potential role of the Guidelines in the operationalisation of the UN “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework.

 

The consultation was attended by OECD Deputy Secretary-General Richard Boucher and representatives of emerging market countries, as well as BIAC, TUAC and OECD Watch, the accredited stakeholders for the update.

 

Meeting documents

Remarks by Professor John Ruggie

The corporate responsibility to respect human rights in the supply chain, Professor John Ruggie  

Discussion Paper on Updating the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, Professor John Ruggie

 

Reference documents and links

• 2010 update of the Guidelines 
   
• Terms of Reference for an Update to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (PDF)
   
• OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
    
• Report of the UNSRSG “Business and Human Rights: Further steps towards the operationalization of the “protect, respect and remedy” framework”, A/HRC/14/27 (9 April 2010)
   
• Report of the UNSRSG “Clarifying the Concepts of ‘Sphere of Influence’ and ‘Complicity’” A/HRC/8/16 (15 May 2008) 
   
• Report by the UNSRSG “Protect, Respect and Remedy: A Framework for Business and Human Rights’, A/HR/8/5 (7 April 2008)