Our organizations welcome the news that Al-Haq is to receive the 2019 Human Rights and Business Award today at the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva. The organisation's work has been instrumental in unveiling corporate-related abuses of human rights and violations of humanitarian law.

Al-Haq's rigorous research and advocacy, often conducted under difficult conditions, have been key to protecting international law in Occupied Palestinian Territory. In particular, Al-Haq has repeatedly denounced businesses’ involvement in projects conducted in illegal Israeli settlements...

Alice Mogwe, president of FIDH, said: "Al-Haq's work is critical to the protection of the human rights of the Palestinian people. However, as is the case for many defenders around the world, Al-Haq itself has been the target of threats, smear campaigns, intimidation and attacks. Awarded just one day after Omar Shakir has been expelled from Israel, following a decision which has taken the state yet one step further away from international standards protecting human rights and the rule of law, this award sends a message of hope to human rights defenders to continue their essential work." ...