Business and Human Rights in Occupied Territory - OHCHR

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Guidance for Upholding Human Rights Business and Human Rights in Occupied Territory AL-HAQ

Transcript of Business and Human Rights in Occupied Territory - OHCHR

Guidance for Upholding Human Rights

Business and Human Rights in Occupied Territory

A L - H A Q

Author

Mar

ya F

arah

ISBN

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Design

Ham

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© A

ll R

igh

ts R

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auth

or

wou

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like

to

ex

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s gr

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appr

ecia

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an

d th

anks

to:

Mar

k B

. Ta

ylor

; D

r.

Val

enti

na

Aza

rova

; B

rad

Bro

oks-

Rub

in;

Pro

fess

or S

han

e D

arcy

; an

d D

r. S

usa

n P

ower

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eir

advi

ce,

com

men

ts,

and

supp

ort

duri

ng

the

dra#

ing

proc

ess

wer

e in

valu

able

to

th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

th

e re

port

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e

auth

or w

ould

als

o li

ke t

o th

ank

Nic

ole

Van

der

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len

, D

r. G

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inn

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mol

M

erha

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aha

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alla

h, a

nd

the

Hea

rtla

nd

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iati

ve f

or t

heir

ass

ista

nce

an

d su

ppor

t.

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err

ors

are

thos

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au

thor

alo

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usin

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or H

uman

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Guid

ance

for

Uph

oldi

ng H

uman

Rig

hts

Busi

ness

and

Hum

an R

ight

s in

Occ

upie

d Te

rrit

ory

Guid

ance

for U

phol

ding

Hum

an R

ight

sBu

sines

s and

Huma

n Righ

ts in

Occu

pied T

errit

ory

AL-H

AQ

76

bro

ad

ly h

igh

lig

hte

d a

n a

bse

nce

of

en

ha

nce

d h

um

an

rig

hts

du

e d

ilig

en

ce

. T

his

hu

ma

n r

igh

ts i

mp

acts

, th

e c

ase

stu

die

s in

clu

de

d i

n t

his

re

po

rt h

igh

lig

ht

the

le

ga

l,

an

d p

ote

nti

al

imp

acts

on

th

e p

rote

cte

d p

op

ula

tio

n i

n t

he

occu

pie

d t

err

ito

ry.

alo

ng

sid

e t

he

pre

va

len

ce

of

un

law

full

y a

dm

inis

tere

d a

nd

pro

lon

ge

d s

itu

ati

on

s

of

occu

pa

tio

n,

bu

sin

ess

es

ma

y b

e u

na

ble

to

m

itig

ate

a

dv

ers

e h

um

an

ri

gh

ts

imp

acts

in

a s

pe

cif

ic s

ett

ing

.

EX

EC

UT

IVE

SU

MM

AR

Y

en

terp

rise

s a

re a

lso

en

cou

rag

ed

to

su

pp

ort

bu

sin

ess

es

in t

he

ir r

esp

on

sib

ilit

y t

o

of

occu

pa

tio

n i

n p

art

icu

lar

co

nti

nu

e t

o b

e m

et

wit

h i

nco

nsi

ste

nt

ap

pro

ach

es

alr

ea

dy

ch

all

en

gin

g l

eg

al

an

d a

dm

inis

tra

tiv

e e

nv

iro

nm

en

t p

rese

nt

in o

ccu

pie

d

terr

ito

rie

s,

wh

ere

b

usi

ne

sse

s m

ust

n

ot

on

ly

co

nsi

de

r in

tern

ati

on

al

hu

ma

n

to t

his

ass

ess

me

nt

is t

he

ma

nn

er

in w

hic

h a

n o

ccu

py

ing

po

we

r a

dm

inis

ters

the

o

ccu

pie

d te

rrit

ory

, w

he

re IH

L re

gu

late

s th

e o

ccu

py

ing

p

ow

er’

s u

se a

nd

at

the

pe

rma

ne

nt

rete

nti

on

of

the

occu

pie

d t

err

ito

ry,

inclu

din

g t

he

tra

nsf

er

of

po

pu

lati

on

s, a

mo

ng

st o

the

r p

rin

cip

les.

Acco

rdin

gly

, b

usi

ne

sse

s m

ust

be

ab

le t

o a

sse

ss a

nd

acco

un

t fo

r h

ow

th

ey

ca

use

,

bu

sin

ess

es

of

the

occu

py

ing

Sta

te a

s w

ell

as

fore

ign

co

mp

an

ies

in s

uch

te

rrit

ori

es

Sta

tes.

Guid

ance

for U

phol

ding

Hum

an R

ight

sBu

sines

s and

Huma

n Righ

ts in

Occu

pied T

errit

ory

AL-H

AQ

98

Pu

rpo

se

of

the

Re

po

rt

terr

ito

rie

s, h

ow

su

ch

a

cti

vit

ies

ma

y co

ntr

ibu

te to

h

um

an

ri

gh

ts a

bu

ses

an

d

the

ir d

ue

dil

ige

nce

pro

ce

sse

s to

mit

iga

te a

nd

pre

ve

nt

such

ab

use

s. A

cco

rdin

gly

,

Th

e c

ase

stu

die

s id

en

tify

ce

rta

in a

cti

vit

ies

of

bu

sin

ess

se

cto

rs r

ep

rese

nta

tiv

e

to d

raw

att

en

tio

n t

o p

ote

nti

al

an

d a

ctu

al

ad

ve

rse

hu

ma

n r

igh

ts i

mp

acts

. T

he

co

nce

rne

d c

om

pa

nie

s.3 F

urt

he

r co

nsu

lta

tio

ns

wit

h l

aw

ye

rs,

leg

al

aca

de

mic

s,

fie

lds

we

re a

lso

he

ld.

3 C

om

pan

ies

that

wer

e th

e p

rim

ary

focu

s o

f th

e ca

se s

tud

ies

rece

ived

no

tifi

cati

on

, an

d w

ere

pro

vid

ed w

ith

an

op

po

rtu

nit

y to

res

po

nd

.

INT

RO

DU

CT

ION

ou

tlin

e S

tate

du

tie

s to

pro

tec

t a

ga

inst

hu

ma

n r

igh

ts a

bu

ses

by

th

ird

pa

rtie

s,

inc

lud

ing

b

usi

ne

sse

s,

the

b

usi

ne

ss

resp

on

sib

ilit

y

to

resp

ec

t h

um

an

ri

gh

ts,

an

d t

he

rig

ht

of

ind

ivid

ua

ls t

o a

cc

ess

to

re

me

dy.

Fo

llo

win

g t

he

ir u

na

nim

ou

s

mu

ltil

ate

ral in

stit

uti

on

s, a

nd

bu

sin

ess

es

ha

ve

de

mo

nst

rate

d t

he

ir c

om

mit

me

nt

laid

ou

t w

ith

in t

he

m.

as

by

ho

me

Sta

tes,

le

ad

ing

to

pe

rsis

ten

t a

dve

rse

im

pa

cts

. T

his

ma

y b

e d

ue

to

th

e

2

do

ing

so

, b

usi

ne

sse

s m

ust

no

t o

nly

ass

ess

th

e n

atu

re o

f th

e a

dve

rse

im

pa

cts

the

y t

he

mse

lve

s m

ay

dir

ectl

y c

au

se o

r co

ntr

ibu

te t

o,

bu

t a

lso

eva

lua

te h

ow

th

ey

1 G

uid

ing

Pri

nci

ple

s o

n B

usi

nes

s an

d H

um

an R

igh

ts:

Imp

lem

enti

ng

the

Un

ited

Nat

ion

s “P

rote

ct,

Res

pec

t an

d

Rem

edy”

Fra

mew

ork

, Pri

nci

ple

12

Co

mm

enta

ry, U

.N. D

oc.

A/H

RC

/17/

31 (

Mar

. 21,

201

1) [

her

ein

a#er

U.N

. Gu

idin

g

Pri

nci

ple

s].

2 W

ork

ing

Gro

up

on

th

e Is

sue

of

Hu

man

Rig

hts

an

d T

ran

snat

ion

al C

orp

ora

tio

ns

and

oth

er B

usi

nes

s E

nte

rpri

ses,

Stat

emen

t on

the

impl

icat

ion

s of

the

Gu

idin

g P

rin

cipl

es o

n B

usi

nes

s an

d H

um

an R

igh

ts in

the

con

text

of I

srae

li s

ettl

emen

ts

in t

he

Occ

upi

ed P

ales

tin

ian

Ter

rito

ry, (

Jun

e 6,

201

4), 9

[h

erei

na#

er W

ork

ing

Gro

up

Sta

tem

ent]

.

I

Guid

ance

for U

phol

ding

Hum

an R

ight

sBu

sines

s and

Huma

n Righ

ts in

Occu

pied T

errit

ory

AL-H

AQ

11

10

to e

nsu

re r

esp

ect

for

hu

ma

n r

igh

ts.

In d

oin

g s

o,

the

re

po

rt a

ims

to h

igh

lig

ht

the

4

ho

me

Sta

tes

in e

nsu

rin

g b

usi

ne

ss r

esp

ect

for

hu

ma

n r

igh

ts w

ill

be

co

nsi

de

red

.

no

ne

the

less

be

de

rive

d a

s to

ho

w h

om

e S

tate

s a

nd

bu

sin

ess

es

can

me

et

the

ir

4 U

.N. G

uid

ing

Pri

nci

ple

s, s

up

ra n

ote

1, p

rin

cip

le 1

8 (c

om

men

tary

).

FR

AM

EW

OR

K O

F O

CC

UP

AT

ION

5

oth

er

or

go

ve

rnm

en

t fo

rce

s. 6

occu

py

ing

po

we

r.

A. L

egal

Fra

mew

ork

mil

ita

ry f

orc

es

of

a f

ore

ign

Sta

te.7

A t

err

ito

ry i

s co

nsi

de

red

occu

pie

d e

ve

n i

f th

e

5 A

s n

ote

d i

n t

he

com

men

tary

to

Pri

nci

ple

17

of

the

U.N

. G

uid

ing

Pri

nci

ple

s, t

his

may

in

clu

de

“no

n-l

egal

an

d

lega

l m

ean

ings

.” P

rin

cip

le 2

of

the

Glo

bal

Co

mp

act

no

tes

com

pli

city

wh

ere

lega

l li

abil

ity

is i

ncu

rred

, o

r in

cas

es

of

‘ben

efici

al’

or

‘sil

ent’

co

mp

lici

ty.

See

Glo

bal

Co

mp

act,

"e

Ten

Pri

nci

ples

of

the

Glo

bal

Com

pact

, h

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s://

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w.

un

glo

bal

com

pac

t.o

rg/w

hat

-is-

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issi

on

/pri

nci

ple

s.

6 N

on

-in

tern

atio

nal

arm

ed c

on

flic

ts a

re m

ore

pre

vale

nt

than

inte

rnat

ion

al a

rmed

co

nfl

icts

to

day

. See

: In

tern

atio

nal

Co

mm

itte

e fo

r th

e R

ed C

ross

(IC

RC

), N

on

-in

tern

atio

nal

arm

ed c

on

flic

t, h

ttp

s://

case

bo

ok

.icr

c.o

rg/g

loss

ary/

no

n-

inte

rnat

ion

al-a

rmed

-co

nfl

ict.

7  H

agu

e C

on

ven

tio

n (

IV)

Res

pec

tin

g th

e L

aws

and

Cu

sto

ms

of W

ar o

n L

and

an

d It

s A

nn

ex: R

egu

lati

on

s C

on

cern

ing

the

Law

s an

d C

ust

om

s o

f W

ar o

n L

and

, Oct

. 18,

190

7, a

rt. 4

2, [

her

ein

a#er

Hag

ue

Reg

ula

tio

ns]

.

II

Guid

ance

for U

phol

ding

Hum

an R

ight

sBu

sines

s and

Huma

n Righ

ts in

Occu

pied T

errit

ory

AL-H

AQ

13

12

8 D

uri

ng

th

e p

eri

od

of

9

10 w

ho

are

th

e

inco

rpo

rate

d in

to th

e te

rrit

ory

o

f th

e o

ccu

py

ing

p

ow

er.

Acc

ord

ing

ly,

rig

hts

an

d g

ua

ran

tee

s u

nd

er

IHL.

8 I

CR

C, O

ccu

pat

ion

an

d i

nte

rnat

ion

al h

um

anit

aria

n l

aw: q

ues

tio

ns

and

an

swer

s, A

ug.

4, 2

004,

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ilab

le a

t h

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.

9 L

egal

Co

nse

qu

ence

s o

f th

e C

on

stru

ctio

n o

f a

Wal

l in

th

e O

ccu

pie

d P

ales

tin

ian

Ter

rito

ry, A

dvi

sory

Op

inio

n, 2

004,

I.C

.J. ¶

¶ 1

06-1

13, (

July

9).

10

“P

rote

cted

per

son

s” u

nd

er t

he

Fo

urt

h G

enev

a C

on

ven

tio

n i

ncl

ud

e ci

vili

ans

of

the

loca

l p

op

ula

tio

n w

ho

“fi

nd

them

selv

es…

in t

he

han

ds

of

a P

arty

to

th

e co

nfl

ict

or

Occ

up

yin

g P

ow

er o

f w

hic

h t

hey

are

no

t n

atio

nal

s.” S

ee

Co

nve

nti

on

(IV

) R

elat

ive

to t

he

Pro

tect

ion

of

Civ

ilia

n P

erso

ns

in T

imes

of

War

, G

enev

a, a

rt.

4, A

ug.

12,

194

9, 7

5

UN

TS

287

[her

ein

a#er

GC

IV].

11

Co

mm

enta

ry o

f 19

58, G

enev

a C

on

ven

tio

n R

elat

ive

to t

he

Pro

tect

ion

of

Civ

ilia

n P

erso

ns

in T

imes

of

War

(P

icte

t

ed. 1

958)

, art

. 47

[her

ein

a#er

Pic

tet

Co

mm

enta

ry I

V].

It s

ho

uld

be

no

ted

th

at t

he

UN

Dec

lara

tio

n o

n t

he

Gra

nti

ng

of

Ind

epen

den

ce t

o C

olo

nia

l Co

un

trie

s an

d P

eop

les

also

pro

vid

es f

or

the

pro

tect

ion

of

the

terr

ito

rial

in

tegr

ity

of

No

n-S

elf

Go

vern

ing

Ter

rito

ries

. G.A

. Res

. 151

4 (X

V),

par

a.

5 (D

ec. 1

4, 1

960)

.

12

U.N

. Ch

arte

r, a

rt. 2

, par

a. 4

.

13

GC

IV, s

upr

a n

ote

10,

art

. 47.

Th

e R

igh

t to

Se

lf-D

ete

rmin

ati

on

to p

rom

ote

.

wh

ich

re

ma

ins

terr

ito

rie

s.

law

s in

fo

rce

in

th

e o

ccu

pie

d t

err

ito

ry m

ay

on

ly b

e s

usp

en

de

d o

r ch

an

ge

d b

y t

he

a t

hre

at

to i

ts s

ecu

rity

, o

r p

reve

nt

it f

rom

pro

vid

ing

fo

r th

e m

inim

um

gu

ara

nte

es

14

Inte

rnat

ion

al C

ove

nan

t o

n C

ivil

an

d P

oli

tica

l R

igh

ts,

Mar

ch 2

3, 1

976,

2 U

.S.T

. 99

9, 3

0 U

.N.T

.S.

23 [

her

ein

a#er

ICC

PR

]; I

nte

rnat

ion

al C

ove

nan

t o

n E

con

om

ic,

So

cial

an

d C

ult

ura

l R

igh

ts,

Jan

. 3,

197

6, 9

93 U

.N.T

.S.

3 [h

erei

na#

er

ICE

SCR

].

15

G.A

. Res

. 180

3 (X

VII

), ¶

1, (

Dec

. 14,

196

2).

16

See

: G.A

. Res

. 50/

33, p

ara.

1, U

.N. D

oc.

A/R

ES/

50/3

3 (F

eb. 9

, 199

6); G

.A. R

es. 3

7/13

5, p

ara.

2, U

.N. D

oc.

A/

RE

S/37

/135

(D

ec. 1

7, 1

982)

.

17

Hag

ue

Reg

ula

tio

ns,

su

pra

no

te 7

, art

. 43;

GC

IV, s

upr

a n

ote

10,

art

. 47.

18

Id

. Hag

ue

Reg

ula

tio

ns

at a

rt. 4

3 an

d G

CIV

at

art.

64.

See

als

o: O

ccu

pat

ion

an

d I

nte

rnat

ion

al H

um

anit

aria

n L

aw:

Qu

esti

on

s an

d A

nsw

ers,

In

tern

atio

nal

Co

mm

itte

e o

f th

e R

ed C

ross

, Au

g. 4

, 200

8, a

vail

able

at

htt

ps:

//w

ww

.icr

c.o

rg/

eng/

reso

urc

es/d

ocu

men

ts/m

isc/

634k

fc.h

tm

Guid

ance

for U

phol

ding

Hum

an R

ight

sBu

sines

s and

Huma

n Righ

ts in

Occu

pied T

errit

ory

AL-H

AQ

15

14

terr

ito

ry,

an

d o

the

r p

oli

cie

s a

ime

d a

t tr

an

sfo

rmin

g t

he

occu

pie

d t

err

ito

ry w

hic

h

Th

e

Acco

rdin

gly

, th

ird

Sta

tes

are

pro

hib

ite

d

a

nd

p

roh

ibit

s th

e

tra

nsf

er

of

the

o

ccu

py

ing

p

ow

er’

s

the

occu

pie

d t

err

ito

ry.

19

S

ee

the

sect

ion

o

n

“tra

nsf

orm

ativ

e o

ccu

pat

ion”

in

:

Exp

ert

Mee

tin

g,

Occ

up

atio

n

and

O

ther

F

orm

s o

f

Ad

min

istr

atio

n o

f F

ore

ign

Ter

rito

ry, I

CR

C, M

arch

201

2, p

.67-

72, h

ttp

s://

sho

p.i

crc.

org

/occ

up

atio

n-a

nd

-oth

er-f

orm

s-

of-

adm

inis

trat

ion

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ign

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rito

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ault

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erei

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er E

xper

t M

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ng]

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Se

e a

lso

:

21

Res

po

nsi

bil

ity

of

Stat

es f

or

Inte

rnat

ion

ally

Wro

ngf

ul

Act

s, I

nte

rnat

ion

al L

aw C

om

mis

sio

n, 2

001,

Art

icle

41

and

Co

mm

enta

ry.

Se

esu

pra

Id.

Pro

pe

rty

& N

atu

ral R

es

ou

rce

s in

Oc

cu

pie

d T

err

ito

ry

Fu

rth

er,

th

e o

ccu

py

ing

po

we

r is

“u

sufr

uct

ua

ry o

r a

dm

inis

tra

tor

of

the

na

tura

l

reso

urc

es

in t

he

occu

pie

d t

err

ito

ry.

Acco

rdin

gly

:

in a

ma

nn

er

tha

t e

nsu

res

tha

t th

e c

ap

ita

l o

f su

ch

pro

pe

rty

is

safe

gu

ard

ed

the

occu

py

ing

po

we

r is

pro

hib

ite

d.

24

Un

der

th

e ru

les

of

usu

fru

ct,

the

occ

up

yin

g p

ow

er h

as a

lim

ited

rig

ht

to u

se i

mm

ove

able

pu

bli

c p

rop

erty

an

d

mu

st s

afeg

uar

d t

he

cap

ital

fo

r th

e p

rote

cted

po

pu

lati

on

. H

agu

e R

egu

lati

on

s, s

upr

a n

ote

7,

art.

55.

See

als

o: R

ule

51.

Pu

bli

c an

d P

riva

te P

rop

erty

in O

ccu

pie

d T

erri

tory

. IC

RC

Dat

abas

e o

f C

ust

om

ary

IHL

, htt

ps:

//ih

l-d

atab

ases

.icr

c.o

rg/

cust

om

ary-

ihl/

eng/

do

cs/v

1_ru

l_ru

le51

.

25

Im

mo

veab

le p

ub

lic

pro

per

ty i

s su

bje

ct t

o t

he

rule

s o

f u

sufr

uct

, an

d c

an o

nly

be

seiz

ed o

r d

estr

oye

d i

f re

qu

ired

by

imp

erat

ive

mil

itar

y n

eces

sity

. I

d.

at R

ule

51.

Pu

bli

c an

d P

riva

te P

rop

erty

in

Occ

up

ied

Ter

rito

ry.

ICR

C D

atab

ase

of

Cu

sto

mar

y IH

L, I

CR

C.

26

Fir

st r

epo

rt o

n p

rote

ctio

n o

f th

e en

viro

nm

ent

in r

elat

ion

to

arm

ed c

on

flic

ts b

y M

arja

Leh

to, S

pec

ial R

app

ort

eur,

30 A

pri

l 201

8, A

/CN

.4/7

20, p

aras

. 31-

32, h

ttp

://d

igit

alli

bra

ry.u

n.o

rg/r

eco

rd/1

6265

41/fi

les/

A_

CN

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720-

EN

.pd

f.

27

&is

is

nar

row

ly i

nte

rpre

ted

to

in

clu

de

the

hu

man

itar

ian

nee

ds

of

the

pro

tect

ed p

op

ula

tio

n.

Co

rpo

rate

War

Cri

mes

: Pro

secu

tin

g th

e P

illa

ge o

f N

atu

ral R

eso

urc

es, J

ames

G. S

tew

ard

, Op

en S

oci

ety

Fo

un

dat

ion

s, 2

011,

par

a. 9

7.

Guid

ance

for U

phol

ding

Hum

an R

ight

sBu

sines

s and

Huma

n Righ

ts in

Occu

pied T

errit

ory

AL-H

AQ

17

16

28

29

30 o

r h

eld

lia

ble

un

de

r civ

il l

aw

.31 T

he

cla

im

32

B. T

he U

NG

Ps a

nd th

e Ad

min

istr

atio

n of

Occ

upat

ion

33

34

wit

h d

e f

act

o

35 A

n o

ccu

py

ing

po

we

r th

us

acts

as

bo

th h

om

e a

nd

ho

st S

tate

occu

pie

d t

err

ito

ry.

28

U.N

. Gu

idin

g P

rin

cip

les,

su

pra

no

te 1

, pri

nci

ple

s 7

(co

mm

enta

ry),

23

(co

mm

enta

ry).

29

U.N

. Gu

idin

g P

rin

cip

les,

su

pra

no

te 1

, pri

nci

ple

23

(co

mm

enta

ry).

30

See

: A

nit

a R

amas

astr

y an

d R

ob

erty

C.

&o

mp

son

, C

om

mer

ce,

Cri

me

and

Co

nfl

ict,

Leg

al R

emed

ies

for

Pri

vate

Sec

tor

Lia

bil

ity

for

Gra

ve B

reac

hes

of

Inte

rnat

ion

al L

aw,

A S

urv

ey o

f Si

xtee

n C

ou

ntr

ies,

Exe

cuti

ve S

um

mar

y, 2

006,

p. 2

7 “&

e su

rvey

of

sixt

een

nat

ion

al le

gal s

yste

ms

con

firm

s th

e vi

ew t

hat

it is

po

ssib

le t

o h

old

bu

sin

ess

enti

ties

liab

le

for

the

com

mis

sio

n o

f in

tern

atio

nal

cri

mes

.

31

R

ed

Fla

gs,

Lia

bil

ity

Ris

ks

for

Co

mp

anie

s O

per

atin

g in

H

igh

-Ris

k

Zo

nes

, h

ttp

://w

ww

.red

flag

s.in

fo/i

nd

ex.

ph

p?p

age_

id=

14&

styl

e_id

=0.

32

Bu

sin

ess

and

hu

man

rig

hts

: m

app

ing

inte

rnat

ion

al s

tan

dar

ds

of

resp

on

sib

ilit

y an

d a

cco

un

tab

ilit

y fo

r co

rpo

rate

acts

, R

epo

rt o

f th

e Sp

ecia

l R

epre

sen

tati

ve o

f th

e S

ecre

tary

-Gen

eral

on

th

e is

sue

of

hu

man

rig

hts

an

d t

ran

snat

ion

al

corp

ora

tio

ns,

an

d o

ther

bu

sin

ess

ente

rpri

ses,

Jo

hn

Ru

ggie

, A/H

RC

/4/3

5, p

ara.

27.

33

U.N

. Gu

idin

g P

rin

cip

les,

su

pra

no

te 1

, pri

nci

ple

s 7,

23

(co

mm

enta

ry).

34

Wo

rkin

g G

rou

p S

tate

men

t, s

upr

a n

ote

2.

35

Wo

rkin

g G

rou

p S

tate

men

t, s

upr

a n

ote

2, a

t fo

otn

ote

21.

36

37

“in

terp

rete

d i

n a

wa

y t

ha

t is

co

nsi

ste

nt

wit

h t

he

rig

ht

to d

eve

lop

me

nt,

re

ga

rdle

ss

38

39

In

36

&e

elim

inat

ion

of t

he

stat

e o

f occ

up

atio

n is

nec

essa

ry to

full

y ac

hie

vin

g th

e ri

ght t

o d

evel

op

men

t. Se

e: D

ecla

rati

on

on

th

e R

igh

t to

Dev

elo

pm

ent,

G.A

. Res

. 41/

128,

Art

icle

1 &

5, U

.N. D

oc.

A/R

ES/

41/1

28, (

Dec

. 4, 1

986)

.

37

Rep

ort

of

the

Spec

ial

Rap

po

rteu

r o

n t

he

situ

atio

n o

f h

um

an r

igh

ts i

n t

he

Pal

esti

nia

n t

erri

tori

es o

ccu

pie

d s

ince

1967

, 23

Oct

ob

er 2

017,

U.N

. Do

c. A

/72/

4310

6, p

aras

. 35-

37.

38

In

sit

uat

ion

s o

f o

ccu

pat

ion

, in

tern

atio

nal

hu

man

rig

hts

law

an

d i

nte

rnat

ion

al h

um

anit

aria

n l

aw s

ho

uld

“b

e

inte

rpre

ted

in

a w

ay t

hat

is

con

sist

ent

wit

h t

he

righ

t to

dev

elo

pm

ent,

reg

ard

less

of

the

len

gth

of

occ

up

atio

n.”

Rep

ort

of

the

Spec

ial R

app

ort

eur

on

th

e si

tuat

ion

of

hu

man

righ

ts i

n t

he

Pal

esti

nia

n t

erri

tori

es o

ccu

pie

d s

ince

196

7, 1

9 O

cto

ber

201

6, A

/71/

554,

p

ara.

39,

ava

ilab

le a

t h

ttp

s://

ww

w.o

hch

r.o

rg/D

ocu

men

ts/C

ou

ntr

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PS/

A_

71_

554_

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df

39

An

IC

RC

exp

ert

mee

tin

g em

ph

asiz

ed t

he

diff

eren

ce b

etw

een

pro

ject

s th

at e

nta

il t

he

dis

rup

tio

n o

f so

vere

ign

ty

and

th

ose

“ai

med

at

gett

ing

the

bas

ic i

nfr

astr

uct

ure

of

the

occ

up

ied

so

ciet

y to

wo

rk.”

Exp

ert

Mee

tin

g, s

upr

a n

ote

19,

at 6

8.

40

U.N

. Gu

idin

g P

rin

cip

les,

su

pra

no

te 1

, pri

nci

ple

7 (

com

men

tary

); W

ork

ing

Gro

up

Sta

tem

ent,

su

pra

no

te 2

, at

4.

41

Art

icle

48

of

the

Hag

ue

Reg

ula

tio

ns

req

uir

es t

hat

an

occ

up

yin

g p

ow

er u

se “

taxe

s, d

ues

, an

d t

oll

s” t

o “

def

ray

the

exp

ense

s o

f th

e ad

min

istr

atio

n o

f th

e o

ccu

pie

d t

erri

tory

to

th

e sa

me

exte

nt

as t

he

legi

tim

ate

Go

vern

men

t w

as s

o

bo

un

d.”

Guid

ance

for U

phol

ding

Hum

an R

ight

sBu

sines

s and

Huma

n Righ

ts in

Occu

pied T

errit

ory

AL-H

AQ

19

18

oth

er

issu

es.

de

pri

vin

g t

he

m o

f th

e a

bil

ity

to

pro

du

ce

an

d t

hu

s fo

rcin

g t

he

m t

o c

on

sum

e

43

tha

t b

usi

ne

sse

s in

ev

ita

bly

fe

ed

in

to.

A b

usi

ne

ss m

ust

th

ere

fore

be

aw

are

of

ho

w t

he

y m

ay

ca

use

, co

ntr

ibu

te,

or

be

44

So

me

iss

ue

s fo

r b

usi

ne

sse

s to

co

nsi

de

r in

clu

de

:

45

42

See

fo

r ex

amp

le:

Sec

tio

n o

n “

tran

sfo

rmat

ive

occ

up

atio

n” i

n:

Exp

ert

Mee

tin

g, O

ccu

pat

ion

an

d O

ther

Fo

rms

of

Ad

min

istr

atio

n

of

Fo

reig

n

Ter

rito

ry,

ICR

C,

Mar

ch

2012

, p

.67-

72,

htt

ps:

//sh

op

.icr

c.o

rg/o

ccu

pat

ion

-an

d-

oth

er-f

orm

s-o

f-ad

min

istr

atio

n-o

f-fo

reig

n-t

erri

tory

-exp

ert-

mee

tin

g.h

tml?

__

_st

ore

=d

efau

lt;

&

e P

ales

tin

ian

eco

no

my

: M

acro

eco

no

mic

an

d t

rad

e p

oli

cym

akin

g u

nd

er o

ccu

pat

ion

, U

NC

TA

D,

2012

, h

ttp

s://

un

ctad

.org

/en

/

Pu

bli

cati

on

sLib

rary

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sap

p20

11d

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.pd

f.

43

Acc

ord

ing

to U

NC

TA

D, a

cts

and

mea

sure

s ta

ken

by

the

Occ

up

yin

g P

ow

er i

ncl

ud

e th

e ap

pro

pri

atio

n o

f “a

sset

s,

nat

ura

l res

ou

rces

an

d e

con

om

ic b

enefi

ts t

hat

rig

htf

ull

y b

elo

ng

to t

he

colo

niz

ed p

eop

le.”

Rep

ort

of

the

Co

mm

itte

e o

n

the

Exe

rcis

e o

f th

e In

alie

nab

le R

igh

ts o

f th

e P

ales

tin

ian

Peo

ple

, An

nex

, Eco

no

mic

co

sts

of

the

Isra

eli

occ

up

atio

n f

or

the

Pal

esti

nia

n p

eop

le, p

ara.

6, A

/70/

35, h

ttp

s://

un

do

cs.o

rg/A

/70/

35.

44

U.N

. Gu

idin

g P

rin

cip

les,

su

pra

no

te 1

, pri

nci

ple

13

and

co

mm

enta

ry.

45

See

: Hei

del

ber

g C

emen

t’s r

esp

on

se t

o H

um

an R

igh

ts W

atch

reg

ard

ing

the

pro

visi

on

of

fees

to

Isr

aeli

au

tho

riti

es

use

d “

for

the

ben

efit

of

the

resi

den

ts o

f A

rea

C.”

Isr

aeli

set

tlem

ents

are

no

tab

ly l

oca

ted

in

Are

a C

, w

her

e th

e Is

rael

i

sett

ler

po

pu

lati

on

is

larg

er t

han

th

e P

ales

tin

ian

po

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aeli

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tler

s’ A

gric

ult

ure

as

a M

ean

s o

f L

and

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eove

r in

th

e W

est

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k, K

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ttp

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the

ag

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ael

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th

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emen

ts:

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tric

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use

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48.

215

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k,

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man

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pri

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ps:

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ww

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