The Future of Supervision Mechanisms Under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct

Check out my recent publication, a chapter on “The Future of The Future of Supervision Mechanisms Under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct” in a monograph “Exploring Corporate Human Rights Responsibilities in OECD Case Law” (Springer, 2025) edited by Otgontuya Davaanyam and Markus Krajewski. Here is the abstract:

“The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises for Responsible Business Conduct are a quasi-legal document imposing obligations on the state to regulate the activities of multinational enterprises when doing business at home and outside the Member States of the OECD. This chapter discusses the current state of the OECD Guidelines for Responsible Business Conduct and their added value for rights holders concerning corporate adverse human rights conduct. It first describes the origins and background of adopting the document and then moves to analyse the supervision mechanisms of the OECD Guidelines. As such, it concentrates on the added value of the specific instance procedures before the National Contact Points (NCPs). In this regard, it also analyses the role of the OECD Investment Committee and its peer review mechanism of the NCPs. As a result, it argues that the OECD Governing body should strengthen enforcement mechanisms under the OECD Guidelines.” https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-75717-4_5