Today, on 26 November 2019, at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, Al-Haq is being named the 2019 recipient of the 2019 Human Rights and Business Award for its ground-breaking work drawing attention to how certain companies operating in Occupied Palestinian Territory are involved in human rights abuses and breaches of international humanitarian law. Al-Haq is an independent Palestinian organization based in Ramallah (West Bank).

The award recognizes “outstanding work by human rights defenders in the Global South or former Soviet Union addressing the human rights impacts of business”. Al-Haq is the second award recipient.