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11 Dec 2019

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Middle East Monitor

JCB faces human rights complaint over Israeli demolitions of Palestinian properties

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Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR) filed Tuesday “a comprehensive evidence-based human rights complaint” against construction equipment giant JCB...

LPHR lodged the complaint with the UK National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises...

[alleging] that JCB products have been used in incidents in ten villages or areas in the occupied Palestinian territory, [between] 2016 to 2019. 89 homes were demolished...displacing at least 484 individuals...

“JCB’s facilitating of these tightly connected policies and practices that result in human rights violations against Palestinians must cease immediately”, said Tareq Shrourou and Claire Jeffwitz [of LPHR]...

“a remediation mechanism should be established to provide adequate remedy for individuals who have suffered damages..."

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