[Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Shell and the Dutch OECD NCP to respond to the concerns. Response & comments provided.] In January 2011, Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth filed a complaint with the Dutch OECD National Contact Point (NCP) alleging that Shell has breached the OECD Guidelines. The complainants claimed that Shell made misleading and incomplete statements about the causes of oil pollution in the Niger Delta, causing severe damage to local communities and misleading external stakeholders. In June 2013, the Dutch OECD NCP issued its final statement on the case. The statement made recommendations for Shell to further implement the OECD Guidelines, but did not establish that the company has breached them...Following the statement, Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth issued a press release criticising the NCP’s decision and reiterating their concerns about Shell’s misleading statements about oil spills constituting a breach of the OECD Guidelines. Due to concerns about the NCP process, they withdrew a related complaint regarding Shell’s role in oil pollution in Nigeria.