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7 Feb 2013

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Intl. Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territory

[PDF] Report of the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian

[Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Mehadrin to respond. The company did not respond] In the Jordan Valley, deep-water drillings by...Mehadrin, an agro-industrial company, have caused Palestinian wells and springs to dry up...In addition to...violations of Palestinian worker rights...a number of business activities...raise particular...concerns...some enterprises had withdrawn from settlements because it harmed their image and might entail legal consequences...Israel labels all its export products as originating from...Israel...including those wholly or partially produced in settlements...Private companies must assess the human rights impact of their activities and take all necessary steps – including by terminating their business interests in the settlements – to ensure that they do not have an adverse impact on the human rights of the Palestinian people, in conformity with international law as well as the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights...The mission recommends that the Working Group on Business and Human Rights be seized of this matter.