Latest News

• LPHR statement on outcome of its OECD complaint: JCB found in human rights breach of the OECD Guidelines after investigation into material use of its products to illegally demolish Palestinian homes; UK Government body criticises British manufacturer for its inaction and requires it to address human rights impacts
  12th November 2021
• JCB to be investigated after UK Government body accepts LPHR complaint is material and substantiated relating to involvement in Israel’s human rights violations against Palestinians
  12th October 2020
• LPHR Q&A: Ireland’s Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill in the context of imminent formal annexation and ongoing settlement expansion
  30th June 2020
• LPHR Submission for accountability study being conducted by UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk
  1st June 2020
• Supreme Court finds against the UK government on LGPS ethical investments
  29th April 2020
• Statement by LPHR, Amnesty International UK, Quakers, War on Want and Christian Aid on the release of the UN database: UK organisations urge UK Government to take action to end businesses’ involvement in illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory
  25th February 2020
• LPHR files OECD Guidelines complaint against JCB for involvement in human rights breaches in the occupied Palestinian territory
  10th December 2019
• 39 UK parliamentarians sign letter submitted to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, urging her to immediately publish the UN database listing companies involved in settlement-related activities
  26th September 2019
• Open Letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet: Release of the United Nations Database of Businesses Engaged in Activities Related to Israeli Settlements
  29th August 2019
• LPHR briefing on the impending demolition of the Palestinian community of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank and the forcible transfer of its residents
  30th October 2018