Read the Final Statement published by the NCP 20 January 2021: English

On 9 September 2019, the Dutch NCP received a specific instance from an individual U.S. citizen alleging that G4S, a British multinational private security company, and ING, a Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation and financer of G4S, had not observed the Concepts and Principles (Chapter I) and Human Rights (Chapter IV) provisions of the Guidelines. Specific issues relate to G4S as a security contractor for the U.S. government that is providing immigrant detainee transportation and contributing to human rights abuses relating to detention facilities. The submitter claims that ING is directly linked to these issues as a financer of G4S.

The U.S. and U.K. NCPs acted as support in the handling of this specific instance.

On 20 January 2021, following an initial assessment the Dutch NCP decided not to accept the case for further consideration. The submitting individual claimed to be an interested party on the basis that they are a taxpayer in the affected country, which the Dutch NCP did not consider as sufficient to warrant admissibility under the OECD Guidelines.