Paris, 1/12/16 - The first session of the 2016 OECD Global Forum on Competition focused on "Promoting competition, protecting human rights" during its first session. Competition law enforcement depends on an effective system of human rights, most obviously the right to property, the right to contract and rights to due legal process. Policies promoting competition between providers can also be effective in supporting human rights more broadly, for example through providing checks on the power of corporations, as well through helping fight corruption in government. However, economic competition itself is occasionally portrayed as harming human rights along with social values, for example through “social dumping, or environmental damage. In addition, some policies intended to safeguard human rights depend on agreements between suppliers - agreements that might be in conflict with competition law or at least raise the risk or suspicion of being in conflict. This session brought together experts from the competition and human rights policy communities into discuss different perspectives and explored the ways in which any apparent conflicts between their objectives can be resolved. |
GLOBAL FORUM SESSION DOCUMENTATION |
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Panelists, papers and presentations Jean-Pierre CHAUFFOUR Bio John EVANS Gönenç GÜRKAYNAK Bio |
Roel NIEUWENKAMP Bio Toh HAN LI Bio Anna WU HUNG-YUK Bio Other contributions: BIAC |
PRESENTATIONS |
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RELATED MATERIAL Competition law and policy: Drivers of economic growth and development, 2015 Fighting corruption and promoting competition, 2014 Competition and poverty reduction, 2013 |
OTHER 2016 FORUM SESSIONS Role of market studies as a tool to promote competition Independence of competition authorities - From designs to practices |
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