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On 12 February 2018, the Charity Commission (“the Commission”) opened a statutory inquiry (“the inquiry”) into Oxfam GB (“the Charity”) to examine its governance, including its leadership and culture around safeguarding, and its management, policies and practices. This followed very serious concerns surfacing publicly, including around serious sexual misconduct by the Charity’s staff in Haiti in 2010. Concerns were also raised around the Charity’s handling of allegations about a senior member of staff in Haiti. The inquiry concluded on 11 June 2019 with the publication of an inquiry report, which have found out that Oxfam‘s governance and culture with regard to safeguarding repeatedly fell below standards expected. More than 100 recommendations for improvement were implemented by Ocfam since than, during a period of statutory supervision.

On 10 December 2020, GCPS produced its final report based on the Charity’s position in September 2020. This report ends a period of intense regulatory oversight for the Charity, the Charity’s leaders recognise that they have further work ahead of them to continue to rebuild trust and confidence, not just of the general public and the Charity’s supporters and donors, but crucially of the many people around the world who are the Charity’s beneficiaries.

A summary report can be found at appendix 1.
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