France NCP announces agreement regarding French-manufactured tear gas in Bahrain

25 July 2016 – Paris, France – The French national branch of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) today announced ADHRB and riot-control weapons company Etienne-Lacroix had come to an agreement regarding the presence of the company’s weapons in Bahrain. The agreement states that the company will take additional steps to protect against[…]

OECD Examines French Company’s Security Product Exports to Bahrain

20 November 2015 – Allegations that French company Etienne Lacroix had violated human rights provisions of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Organizations merit further investigation, the National Contact Point (NCP) of the OECD in Paris, France announced today. The NCP offered services to Etienne Lacroix and the complainant, Americans for Democracy &[…]

Bahrain Weekly Newsletter 75

OECD: Bahrain Formula One Complaint Merits Examination 24 October 2014 – The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a UK government panal, has said that it believes that a complaint submitted by Americans for Human Rights & Democracy in Bahrain “merits further examination.” The complaint alleges that companies in charge of running the event in Bahrain failed[…]