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DEVELOPMENT BY
THE PEOPLE,
FOR THE PEOPLE

Together with hundreds of members and partners around the world, we are working to advance community-led development and push development banks to respect people and the planet.

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KfW: Irresponsible Banking

Our new report reveals the stark gap between the human rights commitments of KfW - Germany's public development bank - and the reality on the ground. In particular, it shows how KfW is failing to take adequate steps to ensure people can freely and safely participate, express their opinions, or oppose its projects.

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THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE STRUGGLES

In our quarterly newsletters, you can find updates from our members and partners around the world, inspiring stories about community-led struggles, useful resources, and much more!

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DEMYSTIFYING DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

Development banks present themselves as champions in the fight against climate change and key drivers of sustainable development. But is this true?

Research and case studies from all over the world show that these institutions are actually exacerbating the problems they claim to solve.

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STORIES & ADVOCACY

With our members and partners, we work to ensure that frontline communities have the information, power and resources to determine their own development paths, and to use their own voice to hold development banks and international companies accountable for their impacts on people and the planet.

Check out the latest updates on our work, find out about our latest campaigns and advocacy efforts, and join our collective campaigns!

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Won’gan Women Initiative resist Lake Turkana Wind Power Project in Loiyangalani, Kenya

Teresalba shares her community’s experience resisting the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project in Loiyangalani, Kenya—and how women are bearing the heaviest costs.

When Global Policy Meets Lived Reality: Community Voices from Johannesburg’s G20 Week.

This blog was written by Charlize Tomaselli, Research and Learning Facilitator at the Coalition for Human Rights in Development   Johannesburg carried a particular electricity in the final week of November. Delegations arrived from across Africa, and the world. As heads of State ...

Beutong Ateuh Banggalang: The Land that Sustains Life

In this blog, our CRE partner Apel Green Aceh speaks about their precious work to protect Aceh's lush forests and fight against deforestation, and their work in support of local communities during the November 2025 lethal floods and beyond.

Exploring strategies to resist the Chinese-funded Teluk Sepang coal plant and other dirty energy projects in Indonesia

This blog was written by the Community Resource Exchange collaborators Nukila Evanty (Inisiasi Masyarakat Adat, IMA) and Ali Akbar (Kanopi Hijau Indonesia, KHI) In Teluk Sepang, on Sumatra's west coast, dozens of children are struggling to breathe. Fine, black ash from a nearby coal ...

Africa Community Day

On 30 October 2025, +50 representatives of communities and CSOs gathered for the "Africa Community Day", an initiative of the AfDB CSOs working group to call for a people-centered, rights-based, and environmentally sustainable development.

The dark side of green hydrogen & community resistance in Chile and Uruguay

  The communities of Tambores and nearby towns, in northern Uruguay, have never had to worry about water shortages. Their territory is home to the Guaraní Aquifer, one of the largest freshwater reserves on the planet, shared by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. However, a ...
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Coalition’s updates

In this section, you can find updates about our Coalition’s processes and structures (e.g.: updates from the Steering Committee, our strategy-setting process, etc.).

COP30 and the People’s Summit

Learn about the activities that the Coalition is supporting and organizing on the road to COP30 in Belém, toward a truly just energy transition centered on a vision of community-led development.
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Members Map

The Coalition has over 100 members based in around 50 countries.
Click here to check who our members are and learn more about their work.

OUR COLLECTIVE WORK

The members and partners of the Coalition for Human Rights in Development work together to ensure that development is community-led and that it respects, protects, and fulfills human rights.
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COMMUNITY RESOURCE EXCHANGE

The CRE is a system to facilitate collaborations and co-develop strategies with and among communities, who are defending their rights in the context of international investments and development projects.

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DEFENDERS IN DEVELOPMENT

A global campaign to prevent and address risks that human rights defenders face when raising their voices about projects funded by development banks.

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REGIONAL WORK

Together with our members and allies, we work at the national and regional level to strengthen capacity, coordination, and advocacy around development finance and human rights.

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