NGO Monitor Responds to Letter Sent by UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk to the Local Government Pension Scheme

NGO Monitor responded the 22 November 2021 letter authored by UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), “Responsible Investments – UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Investments in the Israeli settlement economy.” This response corrects multiple misrepresentations made by Lynk in his letter, relating to business and human rights in conflict zones and the UN Human Rights Council “database”.

Topics

• BDS
• Business and Human Rights
• Michael Lynk
• Pension divestment
• UN BDS Blacklist
• UN Special Rapporteur

Sustainalytics: Amplifying BDS through “Business and Human Rights” Rhetoric

Through its ratings and reports on companies, Sustainalytics promotes discriminatory BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions) campaigns against Israeli companies and businesses operating in Israel and the West Bank.

Topics

• BDS
• Business and Human Rights
• Pension divestment

Al-Haq and GLAN’s Not-So-Subtle BDS Agenda: Analysis of Submission on “Business and Human Rights in Occupied Territory”

On April 27, 2020, Al-Haq and Global Legal Action Network (GLAN, Ireland) published, “Business and Human Rights in Occupied Territory: A Guidance for Upholding Human Rights" that attempted to mainstream BDS against Israel in a UN framework

Topics

• Airbnb
• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Business and Human Rights
• European Funding

• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• Irish BDS bill
• Lawfare
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Richard Falk

• Settlements
• Shawan Jabarin
• UN BDS Blacklist
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• UNHRC

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

Anne Herzberg brings this submission to the Working Group on Business and Human Rights to assist it in formulating recommendations regarding the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles in conflict and post-conflict situations to be presented to the UN General Assembly in October 2020.

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• Business and Human Rights
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Human Rights
• IHL

• Terrorism
• UN BDS Blacklist
• United Nations