Excluding services from Occupied Territories Bill has ‘no legal basis’, says IHREC

The Government’s decision not to include the provision of services in its Occupied Territories Bill has “no legal basis”, according to Ireland’s leading human rights NGO.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) said distinctions between services and products had not previously been raised when Ireland championed a ban on goods imported from Israeli settlements in occupied territories.

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