| Comité de Solidaridad con la Causa Árabe (CSCA) & Israeli infrastructure company | |
|---|---|
| Lead NCP | Israel |
| Supporting NCP(s) | Spain |
| Description | Specific instance alleging a non-observance of the OECD MNE Guidelines. |
| Theme(s) | General policies, Disclosure, Human rights, Employment and industrial relations, Environment, Taxation, Competition |
| Date | 23 Jan 2020 |
| Host country(ies) | Israel, Palestinian Administered Areas |
| Source | NGO |
| Industry sector | Construction, Transportation and storage |
| Status | Not accepted |
| Summary | Read the final statement published by the NCP on 9 December 2021: English On 23 January 2020, Comité de Solidaridad con la Causa Árabe (CSCA), a Spanish NGO, submitted a specific instance to the Israeli NCP alleging that an Israeli infrastructure company had not observed the General Policies (Chapter II), Disclosure (Chapter III), Human Rights (Chapter IV), Employment and Industrial Relations (Chapter V), Environment (Chapter VI) Competition (Chapter X), and Taxation (Chapter XI) provisions of the Guidelines. Specifically, issues related to the company’s participation in the tender process to work on the tram lines in and near Jerusalem and the West Bank organised by the Israeli authority, which the submitter describes as the "occupying Power in the Palestinian Occupied territories"; false accounts of the awarded contract to shareholders, investors, clients and providers, association with "theft and the financial, regulatory and the reputation risks" of the taxation system in the area in which the CSCA claims that "only randomly does the occupying Power transfer[s] amounts to the Palestinian Authority", and complicit action with the authorities in expropriating Palestinian property and demolishing it. On 9 December 2021, the NCP published a final statement deciding that the case did not merit further examination. The NCP made this decision following a review of the information provided by the submitters and from relevant parties. The NCP considered the examination of the case would not further the effectiveness of the Guidelines. #MNEs #nationallaw #caused #duediligence #tax #discrimination #civilandpoliticalrights #ESCR #dominance #infrastructure #materials #renewableenergy #institutionalinvestors #projectfinance #security #legitimateinterest #genevaconventions #Internationalhumanrightstreaties |
