RAID advocates for binding corporate accountability frameworks, particularly the development of international norms on the human rights responsibilities of companies. A major focus of RAID's work involves holding companies that fail to adhere to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises to account.

RAID has been at the forefront to hold companies to account for failing to adhere to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. RAID filed the first case in 2001 and has since been involved in filing approximately two dozens complaints, including spearheading the filing of all the complaints against the companies alleged to be involved in the illegal export of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

ESCR-Net
RAID co-coordinates the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights' (ESCR-Net) Corporate Accountability Working Group, which strives to strengthen corporate accountability for human rights through the collective efforts and advocacy of grassroots groups and NGOs around the world. For more information, go to: www.escr-net.org

OECD Watch
RAID helped found and formerly co-coordinated OECD Watch, an international network of civil society organisations promoting corporate accountability.  OECD Watch also monitors governments' implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the work of the OECD's Investment Committee. For more information, go to: www.oecdwatch.org

About the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises are the only multilateral corporate responsibility instrument that has been adopted by members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) plus several non-members. 

Key resources for NGOs:

• Guide to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Complaint Procedure: Lessons from Past NGO Complaints
• Les Principes directeurs de l'OCDE à l'intention des entreprises multinationales
• Five Years On: A review of the OECD Guidelines and NCPs
• The Confidentiality Principle, Transparency and the Specific Instance Procedure

Comments on Olgeta Meri Igat Raits (All Women Have Rights), a Framework of Remediation Initiatives in Response to Violence Against Women in the Porgera Valley.
The comments raise concern that the framework does not reflect best practice and is not sufficiently protective of the rights of the women who have been harmed by sexual violence at the hands of Barrick personnel.

Comments

Text of remediation framework

Request for Review Submitted to the Canadian National Contact Point Pursuant to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
Specific Instance Regarding the Operations of Barrick Gold Corp. at the Porgera Joint Venture Mine on the Land of the Indigenous Ipili of Porgera, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea

Legal brief from Harvard Law School and New York University School of Law before Canada's House of Commons.
The brief details the need for an independent investigation into the allegations of abuse at the Porgera Joint Venture gold mine in Papua New Guinea.

Resource for NGOs: Les Principes directeurs de l'OCDE à l'intention des entreprises multinationales

Guide to the OECD Guidelines (French version)

Legal Challenge

Read TI's letter

NGO letter to Prime Minister Blair

Breakthrough: UK Government adopts significant reforms on the promotion and implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

• Press Release: Boost for Responsible Business Overseas, by the Rt Hon Ian McCartney, Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs
• Written Ministerial Statement, by the Rt Hon Ian McCartney
• Joint Working Group: Statement on the OECD Guidelines Process
• DTI's web page on the Stakeholder Consultation