Joint Open Letter to the UN High Commissioner on UN Database of Business Enterprises with Activities Related to Israeli Settlements in the OPT

Michelle Bachelet United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais Wilson, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva, Switzerland Re: Release of the United Nations Database of Businesses Engaged in Activities Related to Israeli Settlements Dear High Commissioner, As you are aware, in March 2016, United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution 31/36 mandated your Office to produce a database of all businesses engaged in listed activities related to Israel’s settlement enterprise (the Database), as detailed in paragraph 96 of the report of the independent…

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