UN adds 61 companies to settlements blacklist over alleged Palestinian human rights violations
The Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank. Five of the 158 companies listed last year were removed in the latest update.The blacklist, first published in 2020, was born of a vote by the UN’s human rights council, which has no ability to force companies to act.
- ▪The Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank.
- ▪Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank.
- ▪Five of the 158 companies listed last year were removed in the latest update.The blacklist, first published in 2020, was born of a vote by the UN’s human rights council, which has no ability to force companies to act.
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The Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty ImagesWest BankUN adds 61 companies to settlements blacklist over alleged Palestinian human rights violationsHuman rights council names and shames businesses with ties to illegal Israeli settlements in West BankAssociated PressSat 26 Sep 2026 07.10 EDTLast modified on Sat 26 Sep 2026 07.27 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe UN human rights office has added 61 more companies to a blacklist of firms that it says are involved in violating Palestinian human rights through business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.The vast majority of…
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