Leveraging International Policy Forums to Empower Indigenous Earth Defenders in the U.S. and Abroad: the OECD NCP Complaint Process
The OECD is an international, inter-government organization, comprised of member industrialized nations. It seeks to improve lives by serving as a cross-border policy forum to establish evidence-based international standards and to find solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges. Currently, there are 38 member countries.
The OECD provides a non-judicial complaint system that allows communities to raise concerns when multi-national companies engage in business conduct that causes harm. Because the global economy has shifted towards increasingly large-scale agriculture and the extraction of raw materials, multinational companies drive sectors such as mining, logging, and energy. As these large-scale activities inherently alters the condition of land and its ecosystems, these international business activities significantly impact the rights, health, and survival of Indigenous Communities and wildlife across the globe.…
