Case 36 update 4/7/2025

Dear Mr Southalan,

Thank you again for your ongoing coordination of Complaint 36.

Upon further investigation, I wish to formally update my position regarding the selection of a lead National Contact Point (NCP).

I no longer support Germany as a potential lead for this complaint.

In April 2024, six civil society organisations submitted an OECD complaint against Bayer AG to the German NCP, raising serious allegations of human rights abuses, environmental degradation, and systemic harm across Latin America. Over a year later, the German NCP has failed to issue even an admissibility decision.

This inaction raises serious concerns regarding Germany’s capacity or willingness to confront multinational corporate actors — particularly in relation to Bayer, a central subject of my own complaint.

Given that Bayer is again named in this case, and that Germany has yet to act on a similar complaint from well-respected international NGOs, I believe it would be procedurally and ethically inappropriate for the German NCP to lead this matter.

Therefore, I formally reaffirm:

• Australia, the United States, Canada, and New Zealand are conflicted and cannot lead.

• Germany is now disqualified on grounds of existing delay, conflict, and procedural failure.

• The Netherlands remains the only neutral, capable, and appropriate coordinating NCP for this case.

Thank you for your continued attention. Please consider this position as formally on record in regard to the next step of coordination.

Warm Agent Orange Burns regards,

Danielle Stevens

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