Today in Geneva [...] our foundation is naming Al-Haq as recipient of the 2019 Human Rights and Business Award. An independent Palestinian organization [...] Al-Haq [...] documents and monitors violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in Occupied Palestinian Territory and works to stop violations against Palestinians whether by Israel, by the Palestinian Authority, or by others including companies.

The award, recognizing “outstanding work by human rights defenders in the Global South or former Soviet Union addressing the human rights impacts of business”, is accompanied by a $50,000 grant...

Al-Haq has done ground-breaking work drawing attention to how certain companies operating in Occupied Palestinian Territory, including firms doing business with or in Israeli settlements, are involved in human rights abuses and breaches of international humanitarian law, notably the Hague Regulations and the Fourth Geneva Convention...

The foundation’s Advisory Network members [...] praised the organization for:

• its professionalism, meticulous research and resolute advocacy;
• its wide network of field researchers in communities across Occupied Palestinian Territory...;
• its contributions to the treaty on business and human rights being drafted at the UN; and
• its capacity-building activities...