Policy paper

Downstream due diligence: Setting the record straight

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR),
OECD Watch,
Swedwatch,
European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ),
Center for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)
Policy paper
2022

This briefing paper explains why it is clear that the risk-based approach to due diligence expectations in the OECD Guidelines and UNGPs apply to the full value chain, including downstream business relationships, drawing on provisions from the OECD Guidelines and UNGPs themselves as well as various OECD due diligence guidance documents, statements by OECD National Contact Points in various countries, and clarifications by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the OECD Investment Committee. 

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