(Washington Post) Doron Hindin - The UN Human Rights Council is creating a database designed to shame companies simply for doing business in the West Bank. Procedurally, companies would be added to the UN database without any form of due process. Businesses would not be able to contest their inclusion before it was made public, and once designated, they would not have access to review or delisting mechanisms. Companies would be branded wrongdoers simply based on their presence in a politically contentious region. And while the UN database ostensibly seeks to target only those companies operating in the West Bank, the reality is that any meaningful business in Israel entails business in disputed territories. Governments should work with their UN ambassadors and with Secretary-General Guterres to ensure that this list is never published.
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