| Date | Publication | View Publication |
|---|---|---|
| Public Submissions (some LPHR submissions are confidential) and resulting decisions | ||
| LPHR's human rights complaint submission against JCB under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises | ||
| 12.11.21 | Final Decision of UK National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: LPHR complaint against JCB | View Final Decision against JCB |
| 12.11.21 | 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 [reported by the Guardian] | View LPHR Statement on UK NCP's Final Decision against JCB |
| 12.11.21 | JCB failed to do checks over potential use of equipment in Palestine | View Guardian article |
| 12.10.20 | Initial Assessment Decision of UK National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: LPHR complaint against JCB | View Initial Assessment Decision |
| 10.12.19 | LPHR complaint submission under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises against JCB for involvement in human rights breaches in the occupied Palestinian territory | View LPHR Submission |
| LPHR's human rights complaint submission against G4S PLC under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises | ||
| 30.6.17 | LPHR welcomes G4S' completion of sale of G4S Israel as being an act in accordance with its business and human rights responsibilities [published by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre] | View LPHR Statement |
| 6.12.16 | G4S announcement of agreement to sell G4S Israel [published by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre] | View LPHR Statement |
| 7.7.16 | Follow-up Statement of UK National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: LPHR complaint against G4S PLC | View UK NCP Follow-up Statement |
| 7.7.16 | UK watchdog criticises G4S for misleading public over breach of human rights obligations towards Palestinians and finds it has not implemented key recommendations [published by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre] | View LPHR Statement on UK NCP's Follow-up Statement against G4S |
| 9.6.15 | Final Decision of UK National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: LPHR complaint against G4S PLC | View Final Decision against G4S PLC |
| 9.6.15 | UK watchdog finds G4S is violating human rights obligations towards Palestinians [published by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre] | View LPHR Statement on UK NCP's Final Decision against G4S |
| 2.6.14 | Initial Assessment Decision of UK National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: LPHR complaint against G4S PLC | View Initial Assessment Decision |
| 19.11.13 | LPHR complaint submission under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises regarding the activities of G4S in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel | View LPHR Submission |
| LPHR's submission to the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry into the 2018 Gaza Protests | ||
| 18.3.19 | UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2018 protests in the occupied Palestinian Territory | View UN Report |
| 18.3.19 | UK charities welcome UN Commission of Inquiry report into Gaza protests, urge UK action | View Joint Statement |
| 10.12.18 | LPHR submission to the UN Commission of Inquiry on the 2018 Protests in Gaza: Israel's Supreme Court judgment on the legality of Israel's rules of engagement in the context of use of force against Gaza protesters | View LPHR Submission |
| LPHR submissions to the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry into the 2014 Gaza Conflict | ||
| 22.6.15 | UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict | View UN Report |
| 6.2.15 | Submission to the UN Commission of Inquiry concerning destruction and damage to medical infrastructure, and loss of life and injury to civilians and medical personnel, in Gaza, during Israel's military operation between 7 July 2014 and 26 August 2014 [with Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights and Medical Aid for Palestinians] | View Joint Submission |
| 30.9.14 | Submission to the UN Commission of Inquiry concerning large-scale destruction and damage to family houses in Gaza, with associated profound loss of life and injury to Palestinian residents, during Israel’s military operation between 7 July 2014 and 26 August 2014 [with Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights] | View Joint Submission |
| LPHR submissions to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | ||
| 25.2.20 | UN Database of companies involved in settlement-related activities in the occupied Palestinian territory | View UN Database |
| 25.2.20 | UK charities urge UK Government to take action to end businesses’ involvement in illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory following publication of the UN Database | View Joint Statement |
| 29.8.17 | Update to Submission of December 2016 to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | View LPHR Submission |
| 30.12.16 | LPHR submission to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on companies allegedly involved in the construction and growth of Israeli settlements | View LPHR Submission |
| LPHR submissions to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention | ||
| 1.7.21 | UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Opinion No. 08/2021 concerning Layan Kayed, Elyaa Abu Hijla and Ruba Asi | View UN Decision |
| 1.7.21 | UN panel finds that three female Palestinian students from Birzeit University are in arbitrary detention, following legal submission from LPHR and Addameer | View LPHR statement on UN decision |
| 18.9.20 | LPHR submission to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concerning the military detention of three female Palestinian students from Birzeit University: Ms Layan Kayed, Ms Elyaa Abu Hijla and Ms Ruba Asi [with Addameer] | View LPHR Submission |
| 22.6.16 | UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Opinion No. 15/2016 concerning Khalida Jarrar | View UN Decision |
| 8.6.15 | LPHR submission to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concerning the military detention of Palestinian human rights defender, Ms Khalida Jarrar [with Addameer and National Lawyers Guild] | View LPHR Submission |
| LPHR submissions to UK Parliament Committees | ||
| 11.6.18 | Submission to the UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee: The UK government's position on Item 7 of the UN Human Rights Council [with several UK charities] | View Joint Submission |
| 7.11.16 | Submission to the UK Parliament's International Development Committee on the need to end the exclusion of Palestinian refugees from Syria from the UK government's relevant resettlement programmes [with Medical Aid for Palestinians] | View Joint Submission |
| 20.9.16 | LPHR submission to the UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry on Business and Human Rights [used by JCHR as the basis for a key recommendation in its 2017 report - see LPHR statement immediately below] | View LPHR Submission |
| 5.4.17 | UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights report excerpts LPHR's evidence and makes key related recommendation | View LPHR Statement |
| LPHR Briefings and Q&As - providing a considered legal and human rights perspective on critical issues affecting Palestinians | ||
| 19.5.21 | Urging the UK government to call for an immediate end of widespread attacks on homes in Gaza and to ensure accountability against those responsible | View LPHR Briefing |
| 26.3.21 | Surging settler violence amidst lack of international action against illegal settlements | View LPHR Briefing |
| 18.3.21 | Universal Jurisdiction | View LPHR Briefing |
| 1.3.21 | Suggested actions for UK government to protect Palestinian families facing mass forcible transfer in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem | View LPHR Briefing |
| 17.2.21 | 'ICC is the only realistic forum for justice on Gaza' [published in the Law Society Gazette and selected as one of its top five blogs of the week] | View LPHR Article published by Law Society Gazette |
| 8.2.21 | ICC confirms jurisdiction and why the ICC Prosecutor should now decide Gaza cases are admissible for investigation | View LPHR Briefing |
| 9.7.20 | Israel's Supreme Court strikes down the ‘Land Regularisation’ Law but fails to condemn illegal settlements and their expansion | View LPHR Briefing |
| 3.7.20 | Abuse and violence against children in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Al-Issawiya in occupied East Jerusalem | View LPHR Briefing |
| 30.6.20 | Ireland’s Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill in the context of imminent formal annexation and ongoing settlement expansion | View LPHR Q&A |
| 30.4.20 | Urgent imperative for the UK government to ensure application of international law in response to Israel’s imminent illegal annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank and its policy of illegal settlement expansion – including suggested actions | View LPHR Briefing |
| 26.3.20 | Gaza children receiving medical treatment whilst separated from parents due to Israel’s permit regime | View LPHR Briefing |
| 27.2.20 | The US government's 'Peace to Prosperity' Plan from an international law perspective | View LPHR Briefing |
| 24.12.19 | ICC Prosecutor announcement that she is ready to open an investigation into the situation in Palestine | View LPHR Briefing |
| 10.9.19 | Israel's policy to prevent injured Gazan protesters from accessing critical medical treatment | View LPHR Briefing |
| 8.7.19 | Current progress of the International Criminal Court's preliminary examination into the situation in Palestine and potential next steps | View LPHR Q&A |
| 6.6.19 | Are agreed land swaps between an occupying power and an occupied people permissible under international law and should the UK government reconsider its position supporting it | View LPHR Q&A |
| 8.4.19 | The UK government's response to the alarming moves of the United States government against the International Criminal Court | View LPHR Briefing |
| 28.3.19 | UK voting on UN Commission of Inquiry report on the 2018 Gaza Protests and Israel/Palestine resolutions at the UN Human Rights Council | View LPHR Briefing |
| 15.3.19 | The situation in Yarmouk refugee camp, Syria (update on 2015 Q&A) | View LPHR Q&A |
| 30.10.18 | The impending demolition of the Palestinian community of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank and the forcible transfer of its residents | View LPHR Briefing |
| 27.7.18 | What's happened to the UN Business and Human Rights Database for companies involved in settlement-related activities (published by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre) | View LPHR Q&A |
| 3.7.18 | The Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism: its ineffectiveness, its incompatibility with international humanitarian and human rights law obligations, and its future [submitted to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory] | View LPHR Briefing |
| 20.6.18 | Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem at risk of forcible transfer | View LPHR Q&A |
| 13.4.18 | Use of force against Gaza protesters | View LPHR Q&A |
| 7.2.18 | Israel's military detention of Palestinian children [update on 2016 briefing and used by Sarah Champion MP for her lead speech that opened a parliamentary debate on 7 February 2018] | View LPHR Briefing |
| 26.1.18 | How Israel's Supreme Court has sanctioned the closure of Gaza | View LPHR Briefing |
| 12.1.18 | The UK government's position on the UN business and human rights database listing companies involved in settlement-related activities [published by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre] | View LPHR Briefing |
| 6.12.17 | Planned Israeli demolition of 46 Palestinian communities in Area C of the occupied West Bank which entail the forcible transfer of their residents | View LPHR Briefing |
| 1.11.17 | Finding by UN Special Rapporteur, Professor Michael Lynk, that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory is illegal | View LPHR Briefing |
| 20.9.17 | Gaza electricity crisis | View LPHR Q&A |
| 13.6.17 | Administrative detention and hunger-strike protests [with Physicians for Human Rights-Israel] | View Joint Q&A |
| 9.2.17 | The human rights impact of illegal Israeli settlements and related third-state legal duties | View LPHR Briefing |
| 6.1.17 | The legal value of UN Security Council resolution 2334 on illegal Israeli settlements | View LPHR Briefing |
| 29.7.16 | Ensuring the UK provides equal protection to Palestinian refugees from Syria [with Medical Aid for Palestinians] | View Joint Briefing |
| 14.9.16 | Closure of Gaza | View LPHR Q&A |
| 14.9.16 | Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism | View LPHR Q&A |
| 6.1.16 | Israel's military detention of Palestinian children | View LPHR Briefing |
| 8.10.15 | Chiechanover Commission findings and its material relevance to the ICC's important assessment of Israel's accountability mechanisms | View LPHR Briefing |
| 10.9.15 | Infant mortality rate rise in Gaza and the context of illegal closure | View LPHR Briefing |
| 8.9.15 | Immunities and Gaza Accountability | View LPHR Q&A |
| 14.7.15 | The situation in Yarmouk refugee camp, Syria | View LPHR Q&A |
| 9.7.14 | International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on the Separation Barrier | View LPHR Briefing |
| LPHR Reports (Child Rights Bulletins are found on our Children's Rights Project page) | ||
| 30.3.20 | 'Chronic Impunity: Gaza's Health Sector Under Repeated Attack' [report by LPHR, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights and Medical Aid for Palestinians] | View Joint Report |
| 2.4.19 | Key points relevant to the admissibility assessment being undertaken by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on the grave issue of targeted airstrikes against family homes in Gaza | View LPHR Short Report |
| 5.9.18 | 'Justice Denied: Gaza human shield survivors and the systemic failure of Israel’s military investigation system to provide accountability' [report by LPHR and Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights] | View Joint Report |
| 12.12.16 | Update to Submission to the UN Commission of Inquiry concerning attacks on family homes during 2014 hostilities in Gaza [with Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights] | View Joint Report |
| 12.7.16 | Year-on update to June 2015 Report: 'No More Impunity: Gaza's Health Sector Under Attack' [with Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights and Medical Aid for Palestinians] | View Joint Report |
| 26.6.15 | 'No More Impunity: Gaza's Health Sector Under Attack' [report by LPHR, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights and Medical Aid for Palestinians] | View Joint Report |
| LPHR Statements | ||
| 12.11.21 | 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 [reported by the Guardian] | LPHR statement on UK NCP's Final Decision against JCB |
| 1.7.21 | UN panel finds that three female Palestinian students from Birzeit University are in arbitrary detention, following legal submission from LPHR and Addameer | View LPHR statement on decision of UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention |
| 16.6.21 | LPHR statement on Israeli military court sentencing of three female Palestinian students from Birzeit University: Ms Layan Kayed, Ms Elyaa Abu Hijla, and Ms Ruba Asi | View Statement |
| 14.5.21 | Attacks on homes must stop; those responsible must be investigated by the ICC [LPHR and Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights statement] | View Statement |
| 11.5.21 | LPHR statement on new sustained military action in Gaza/Israel | View Statement |
| 14.4.21 | UK charities statement responding to Prime Minister's comments on ICC investigation into the Situation in Palestine [reported by the Guardian] | View Statement |
| 8.2.21 | ICC Prosecutor should affirmatively decide that Gaza cases are admissible for investigation following Pre-Trial Chamber decision that the Court has jurisdiction | View Statement |
| 24.1.21 | LPHR, Addameer and Friends of Birzeit University (Fobzu) statement on International Education Day: Highlighting the systematic targeting of Palestinian university students for prolonged arbitrary military detention by Israel's military authorities | View Statement |
| 23.12.20 | LPHR and Defence for Children International Palestine’s ‘Know Your Rights’ campaign for children on detainee rights is seven years old and remains critically important | View Statement |
| 22.12.20 | 30 Israeli, Palestinian and international health and human rights organisations: Israel must provide necessary vaccines to Palestinian health care systems | View Statement |
| 12.10.20 | 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 [reported by the Guardian] | View Statement |
| 7.7.20 | Assessing cases of the 2014 attacks on Gaza leads to definitive conclusion: victims and survivors have been abandoned to non-genuine investigations and gross injustice [LPHR and Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights open statement to ICC Prosecutor] | View Statement |
| 29.6.20 | UK charities ask: Is the UK Government abandoning the Palestinian people? [reported by the Guardian] | View Statement |
| 7.4.20 | Israeli, Palestinian and international organisations: In the face of potential COVID-19 outbreak in the Gaza Strip, Israel is obliged to take measures to save lives, permitting the entry of medical equipment and supplies, to meet patients’ needs | View Statement |
| 25.2.20 | UK charities urge UK Government to take action to end businesses’ involvement in illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory following publication of the UN Database | View Statement |
| 28.1.20 | UK charities urge government to challenge annexation, US ‘Peace Plan’ | View Statement |
| 24.12.19 | A seminal step towards legal accountability and justice for victims, survivors and their families: ICC Prosecutor's decision that she is ready to open an investigation into the situation in Palestine | View Statement |
| 10.12.19 | LPHR files OECD Guidelines complaint against JCB for involvement in human rights breaches in the occupied Palestinian territory | View Statement |
| 23.3.19 | A dereliction of responsibility: UK charities alarmed by UK decision not to support UN Commission of Inquiry report into Gaza protests at the UN Human Rights Council [reported by the Guardian] | View Statement |
| 5.3.19 | UK charities welcome UN Commission of Inquiry report into Gaza protests, urge UK action | View Statement |
| 1.6.18 | UK charities deeply concerned by UK Government decision not to support UN Gaza inquiry | View Statement |
| 16.3.18 | Joint statement submitted to 37th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Impunity for torture, ill-treatment and related practices in Israel | View Statement |
| 5.7.17 | LPHR and MAP welcome statement by Home Secretary to widen UK’s Syria resettlement scheme to include non-Syrian nationals | View Statement |
| 30.6.17 | LPHR welcomes G4S' completion of sale of G4S Israel as being an act in accordance with its business and human rights responsibilities [published by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre] | View Statement |
| 19.6.17 | Joint oral statement on legal accountability at the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council | View Statement |
| 5.4.17 | UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights report excerpts LPHR's evidence and makes key related recommendation | View Statement |
| 21.3.17 | Joint oral statement on legal accountability at the 34th Session of the UN Human Rights Council | View Statement |
| 6.12.16 | G4S announcement of agreement to sell G4S Israel [published by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre] | View Statement |
| 7.7.16 | UK watchdog criticises G4S for misleading public over breach of human rights obligations towards Palestinians and finds it has not implemented key recommendations [published by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre] | View LPHR Statement on UK NCP's Follow-up Statement against G4S |
| 11.5.16 | G4S' apparent decision to sell G4S Israel | View Commentary |
| 21.3.16 | Joint statement to 31st Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Addressing prevailing impunity for Israel's alleged violations of international law | View Statement |
| 25.11.15 | Labour's Executive decision to end their security contact with G4S [published by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre] | View Statement |
| 9.6.15 | UK watchdog finds G4S is violating human rights obligations towards Palestinians [published by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre] | View LPHR Statement on UK NCP's Final Decision against G4S |
| 2.6.14 | G4S to be investigated following LPHR complaint relating to alleged Israeli human rights violations [reported by The Financial Times and The Daily Telegraph] | View Statement |
| 23.12.13 | LPHR and Defence for Children International-Palestine launch “Know Your Rights” campaign for children on detainee rights | View Statement |