Overview
- Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s 39-page report names CAF among companies accused of profiting from Israel’s occupation and military operations in Gaza and the West Bank
- The document characterizes settlement expansion and arms financing as components of an “economy of genocide” supported by industries from rail construction to technology providers
- It urges the International Criminal Court and national judges to investigate and prosecute executives and calls on UN member states to suspend agreements and impose sanctions on named firms
- CAF has submitted an independent social impact study defending its work on the Red and Green Lines of the Jerusalem Light Rail, which extend into West Bank settlements
- Spain’s industry ministry is reviewing CAF’s contracts for human rights compliance as ICC and International Court of Justice investigations into alleged genocide and illegal occupation advance