Advancing International Human Rights Law Responsibilities of Development NGOs by Noam Schimmel

Author:Noam Schimmel
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030502706
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

The Commission also challenged the quality and honesty of Oxfam’s self-policing, criticizing its internal investigation and the way it responded to cases of abuse of children as inadequate, under-resourced, and ultimately lacking in quality.30 Despite all the voluntary affirmations of ethics and respect for human rights which we have discussed to which they were signatories, these violations continued. In response, the UK government significantly cut Oxfam’s funding and warned them that they needed to improve their child protection and other prohibitions on exploitative sexual relationships and abuse if they wanted to continue to receive government contracts and government aid. Further,The inquiry also examined Oxfam’s wider approach to safeguarding and concluded that the charity’s own commitments and promises in the past had not always been matched by its resources. The commission instructed Oxfam trustees to submit an action plan to the regulator on how it would address concerns about its previous conduct, in an effort to “repair public trust and confidence” in the charity. Stephenson added that “cultural and systemic change is required” to address the failings identified in the report.

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