Assessing and managing human rights risks and impacts
Promoting community-led development
Leveraging development finance to safeguard human rights defenders
Monitoring the Impacts of Development Projects
Shaping the BRICS New Development Bank to be transparent and rights-respecting
Posted on Mar 01,2019
The U.S. Supreme Court decided today that international organizations like the World Bank Group can be sued in U.S. courts for violating the human rights of local communities. Congratulations to the fishing and farming communities of Gujarat India, Machimar Adhikaar Sangharsh Sangathan fishe “Celebrating a historic win today for human rights and accountability!”
Posted on Jan 21,2019
International Accountability Project (IAP) released a new set of community guides to help communities conduct their own research and in the process define their development priorities and aspirations. The “Community Action Guide on Community-Led Research” set of 3 booklets provides clear an “IAP produces Community Action Guides with local activists and partners”
Posted on Jan 10,2019
January 9, 2019. The President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, announced he is stepping down from his position this February 1, 2019 to take a position with Global Infrastructure Partners, a private investment firm that did extensive business with the Bank during Kim’s tenure. In a b “Coalition members comment on resignation of World Bank President”
Posted on Nov 28,2018
Over 200 groups call upon governments and development banks to respect human rights and safeguard defenders On the anniversaries of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development (December 4th), the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (December 9th), and the Universal Declarati “Human Rights Defenders are a Cornerstone of Sustainable Development”
