[Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited G4S to respond; response provided] [The] decision by the UK National Contact Point for the OECD...to accept in their Initial Assessment that issues raised in LPHR’s complaint regarding the activities of G4S in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory are substantiated and require further examination, is both ground-breaking and significant. Ground-breaking because it marks the first time that the implementation mechanism for the OECD Guidelines has been successfully utilised to this stage in the procedure regarding the relationship between activities of a corporation and adverse human rights impacts against Palestinians in Israel and the OPT. And significant because of its potential to bring positive and effective change to Palestinians adversely affected by serious, continuing and pervasive international law and human rights violations. The emphasis of the process is on the two parties coming together and seeking to mediate a satisfactory resolution to the issues raised. LPHR is therefore hopeful that the next stage in the process offers the opportunity to substantively engage with G4S to facilitate corporate respect and accountability for human rights.