eDreams’ removal from the UN Database occurs without guarantees of an effective cessation of activities in illegal Israeli settlements
From the Observatory of Human Rights and Business (ODHE), SUDS and NOVACT denounce that the exclusion of eDreams ODIGEO and its subsidiary OPODO has been carried out without guarantees that the company has effectively ceased its activities in illegal Israeli settlements. At the same time, we highlight that social pressure has been key to the inclusion of ACS, CAF, Ineco and SEMI in the 2025 update.
👉 Read the full ODHE statement here.
On 26 September 2025, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published a new update of its Database of companies with economic activities in Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). The update includes the Spanish companies ACS, CAF, Ineco and SEMI, whose human rights violations have been widely documented in recent years.
In parallel, OHCHR removed eDreams ODIGEO and its subsidiary OPODO from the Database, despite the fact that no guarantees have been provided to confirm that the company has effectively ceased its activities in illegal Israeli settlements. SUDS and NOVACT stress that this exclusion should not have taken place without a verifiable mechanism certifying a real change in the company’s practices.
Persistence of available accommodations in 2025
eDreams’ removal contrasts with the fact that allied organisations continued to find and book accommodations in occupied East Jerusalem during 2025 through websites belonging to the group, even after the company had publicly stated that it had blocked such listings.
Since 2022, eDreams has integrated the accommodation inventory of Booking.com, a company that remains listed in the Database due to its involvement in illegal settlements. This integration maintains the risk that accommodations located in occupied territories may reappear at any moment.
On 8 July 2025, an eDreams executive told eldiario.es that “our platform does not offer accommodations in those specific territories.” However, that same day, two separate bookings were successfully completed in occupied East Jerusalem through websites of the group.
The company has acknowledged that some listings were published automatically and that they were only removed when NGOs or local groups reported them. To date, it has not publicly explained what protocols have been implemented to prevent these accommodations from reappearing.
Corporate impunity and pending obligations
The fact that eDreams has ceased providing services in illegal Israeli settlements implies acknowledging that these practices existed in the past and were, at the very least, improper. In the statement published by ODHE, we recall that, in line with international human rights standards, the company should adopt remedial measures and guarantees of non-repetition.
A context of severe violations
SUDS and NOVACT warn that, since the announcement of the so-called “ceasefire” in October 2025, more than 300 Palestinian people have been killed by Israel. Various UN reports and the UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese indicate possible war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, describing the current situation as an “economy of genocide.”
Strengthening the Database to end impunity
In this statement, we emphasise that all companies operating in occupied territories must end their commercial links with the Israeli occupation, including services and alliances in occupied Palestinian and Syrian territories.
Civil society pressure has been decisive in achieving the inclusion of companies such as ACS, CAF, Ineco and SEMI, but we recall that many more companies are involved and that the list must be expanded and given greater resources in order to become an effective tool against corporate impunity.