Key Issue:UN BDS Blacklist
After multiple delays over legal, due process, and methodological concerns, which do not seem to have been addressed, on February 12, 2020, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published its “Database of all business enterprises” that it claims contribute to “human rights concerns.” This UN blacklist, ordered by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), is meant to bolster BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) campaigns, singling out Israel. The unique treatment of Israel in this exercise, as with many other HRC initiatives, violates the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Definition of antisemitism.
- January 2020 Letter to OHCHR High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet Regarding the BDS Blacklist
- January 2019 Letter to OHCHR High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet Regarding the BDS Blacklist
- January 2017 Submission of the Institute for NGO Research (NGO Monitor) Position Paper Regarding the Preparation of a Discriminatory Blacklist Pursuant to UNHRC Resolution 31/36
- Amuta for NGO Responsibility (NGO Monitor) Submission to the Human Rights Council on UNHRC Blacklist (June 2017)
- April 2020 Submission to the Working Group on Business and Human Rights Project on Business in Conflict and Post-conflict Contexts: Corporate Due Diligence in Situations of Armed Conflict
- Main Points in the UN High Commissioner’s Report on “BDS Blacklist”
- Analysis of the UN’s Discriminatory BDS Blacklist
- Terror-linked NGOs Behind UN Blacklist
- UN Human Rights Council Teams up with BDS to Create anti-Israel Blacklist
- Who Profits: Foundation for the UN BDS Blacklist
- Human Rights Watch’s Airbnb Campaign: Discrimination and BDS
- Amnesty International’s Antisemitic Campaign against Jewish Tourism
- The NGOs and Funders Behind Airbnb’s BDS Policy
- HRW Doubles Down on BDS Campaign Targeting Israeli Banks
- HRW and the UN BDS Blacklist – The Facts
