2. Major Policy Recommendations3)
A. Improving the National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for
Multinational Enterprises
On February 8, we recommended that the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy diagnose
and redress the problems of the National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for
Multinational Enterprises to better prevent and remedy human rights violations committed by
multinational companies.
in 1976 to prevent human rights violations by multinational companies and come up with
standards for remedial measures, and Korea has operated an NCP since December 2000.
However, the international community recently pointed out that Korea's NCP required
improvement. As such, we looked into the accountability, transparency, visibility, and
accessibility of the NCP and proposed improvement measures.
To ensure the NCP's role in effectively preventing and remedying acts of human rights
violations by multinational companies, we recommended that it guarantee the operational
independence and diversity of NCP members by engaging those from civil society and labor
circles, secure the effectiveness of the final statement through checking whether the petitioned
case was processed in compliance with the guidelines, install a consultative body consisting of
stakeholders, and come up with recordkeeping regulations for accessing digital information and
the systematic management of data.
B. Recommending Institutional Arrangements for the Promotion of
Human Rights of Female Migrant Workers
On March 22, we decided to recommend that the Minister of Employment and Labor and
Minister of Gender Equality and Family make institutional arrangements for the prevention
and remedy of sexual harassment and violence and the protection of maternity to promote the
3) Refer to the list of our policy recommendations in Appendices.
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Part 2 | Commission's Major Activities
The international community enacted the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises