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Article

29 Oct 2010

Author:
Catherine A. Fitzpatrick, EurasiaNet

German NGO Pursues Uzbek Human Rights Complaint with EU Cotton Traders

The companies targeted in the ECCHR [OECD Guidelines] complaint [regarding trading in Uzbek cotton] are Paul Reinhart AG (Switzerland), ECOM Agroindustrial Corp Ltd. (Switzerland), Devot S.A. (France), Otto Stadtlander GmbH (Germany) and three UK-based companies. (The British companies are evidently not being named at this time while lawyers sort out the implications of British libel law for the report.)