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UN list of complicit companies operating in the illegal Israeli settlements

In Feb 2020 the Office of the UN Human Rights Commissioner (OHCHR) issued a report and a list of companies conducting business in illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Of the original 112 business entities identified in the report, 94 are domiciled in Israel and 18 in six other States. During the complex process of drawing up the database, the Office consulted the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, and held widespread discussions with numerous States, civil society organizations, think tanks, academics and others, as well as having extensive interactions with the companies themselves.

The list’s publication come after years of delay following a UN Human Rights Council mandate in 2016 for the creation of such a database (see coverage here), and concerted efforts from civil society groups to encourage the listing of these companies publicly.

Some companies on the list, such as AirBnb and JCB, have already faced international criticism for operating in Palestine. Amnesty International has also previously reported on the activities of travel companies in Palestine.

Some large companies which have been complicit in the ongoing brutal Israeli Occupation and dispossession of Palestinians from their lands such as HP, Caterpillar, Veolia and other multinationals are not on the list.

The database of companies listed by the UN initially was updated in June 2023 and the following 96 entities are now listed as being involved in business in illegal Israeli settlements