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From 25 until 29 October, states convened at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva to negotiate on the third revised draft treaty on business and human rights. Compared to the previous draft, this text…
SOMO condemns Israel’s designation of Al-Haq and other human rights groups as “terrorist organisations”
Last week, the Israeli Defense Ministry declared six Palestinian civil society organisations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) to be “terrorist organisations”. One of the organisations affected by the decision is SOMO’s long-standing partner Al-Haq,…
UN, blacklist construction company CAF for contributing to the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements
Over 30 prominent human rights organisations, networks and trade unions from Palestine and Europe have submitted a report to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva, demanding that…
SOMO and Al-Haq submit report to UN on German multinational HeidelbergCement
SOMO and its partner organisation Al-Haq have submitted a report to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, suggesting to include German multinational HeidelbergCement in the yearly update of the UN Database of companies…
Five strategies corporations use to avoid responsibility for human rights abuses
Hiding behind complex supply chains, undermining unions, disseminating distorted information – these are just a few of the ways that corporations try to avoid responsibility for human rights abuses and environmental damage across their supply…
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Submission to the UN Open-ended working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises
ACIDH, Al-Haq, ECCJ, PremiCongo, PODER and SOMO sent in a joint submission to the UN Open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights. SOMO and its partners…
German cement giant involved in serious violations against Palestinians
The German multinational HeidelbergCement is complicit in the pillaging of natural resources from the Nahal Raba quarry in the occupied West Bank, with serious human rights violations against Palestinians, a new report by SOMO and…
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Continued delay UN database is unfounded and unacceptable
The undersigned organisations express their serious concern and disappointment that the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights did not transmit to the Human Rights Council, at its 42nd session, the database of all…