Overview

• OHCHR’s update names 158 firms after assessing 215 submissions, adding 68 and removing seven, with hundreds of companies still under review.
• The database targets involvement in 10 settlement-related activities, prioritizing construction, real estate, mining and quarrying in this round.
• Newly listed firms include Heidelberg Materials, Steconfer and Ineco, while Alstom, eDreams and Opodo were removed; Expedia, Booking and Airbnb remain.
• Most companies are Israeli, with others registered in the United States, Canada, China, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom.
• The UN stresses the list is non-judicial and calls on businesses to prevent and remediate rights harms, as Israel rejects the move and critics question the Council’s bias.