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Article

19 Jan 2012

Author:
European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights

[DOC] Agreement with Otto Stadtlander/Germany and EcomAgroindustrial/Switzerland in OECD-proceedings [Uzbekistan]

ECCHR and the cotton traders Otto Stadtlander GmbH/Germany und EcomAgroindustrial/Switzerland have reached agreements in the course of consultation proceedings. The agreements have been published on 16 and 23 December 2012 on the NCP´s websites...ECCHR had filed OECD complaints regarding the corporations’ policies on trading Uzbek cotton. In Uzbekistan, cotton is being harvested with the systematic use of state-organized forced child labor...The most relevant parts of the agreements reached is that the companies have committed to take certain measures that have been negotiated individually with ECCHR, to have a positive impact on the local situation. [also refers to Cargill, ICT]