Community Resource Exchange: call for proposals
The Community Resource Exchange (CRE) is calling for proposals for the first round of facilitated collaborations and financial assistance grants under its three year pilot. Download here the application form and watch the webinar below to find out how the CRE works. Collaboration requests for f
Sep 02,2018
UN Report on Criminalization of IPs
UN Special Rapporteur Victoria Tauli Corpuz just released a hard-hitting report on “the drastic increase in attacks and acts of violence against, criminalization of and threats aimed at indigenous peoples, particularly those arising in the context of large-scale projects involving extrac
Jun 26,2018
200 groups gathered in Mumbai criticize Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank AIIB
200 groups gathered in Mumbai criticize Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as following same paradigm as traditional IFIs, promoting corporate globalisation and neoliberal economic reforms that benefit elite at the cost of the poor. Read the complete Mumbai Resolution on Infrastruc
Mar 01,2018
LAC P10: A Legally Binding Agreement to Improve Environmental Democracy and Protect Defenders
From February 28, 2018 to March 4, 2018 in Costa Rica, countries and civil society groups are negotiating the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, also known as LAC P10. If adopted a
Jan 11,2018
LAC groups call for increased transparency in the framework of the EITI initiative
Civil society representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean participating in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), held meetings from 28 to 30 November 2017 in Santo Domingo – Dominican Republic in the framework of the “EITI Regional Workshop in Latin
Nov 10,2017
World Bank must stop promoting “dangerous” public-private partnerships
A campaign aimed at reversing the dangerous rush to promote expensive and high-risk public-private partnerships (PPPs) was launched last 0ctober 11 by civil society organisations from all over the globe. The campaign’s manifesto – launched during the World Bank and International Monet
Sep 08,2017
New Development Bank is BRICS’ best card
According to Caio Borges, Prof. Karin Costa Vazquez and Supriya Roychoudhury, if question marks on the future of BRICS are repeatedly raised, the New Development Bank (NDB) is probably the most concrete avenue through which the grouping can deepen co-operation. The NDB’s stated commitment to su
Sep 08,2017
BRICS Leaders encourage NDB to fully leverage its role & enhance coop. w/WB & AIIB
The ninth annual BRICS summit, was held last 3–5 September 2017 in Xiamen, China and was attended by the heads of state or heads of government of the five member states Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. In the BRICS Leaders Xiamen Declaration, BRICS leaders encouraged the NDB to fully le
Jul 10,2017
FMO and Finnfund officially withdraw from Agua Zarca project
Two of the primary backers of the Agua Zarca hydropower dam project in Honduras have officially announced their exit from the project following years of campaigning by local indigenous groups and criticism from international civil society organizations. In a press release issued on July 6, the D
May 25,2017
Civil Society Calls for ADB Accountability
Civil society groups raised a number of issues at the Asian Development Bank’s annual meeting. While the Bank, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, praised civil society as “key partners,” the groups present called on the Bank to increase its accountability, to s
Mar 09,2017
UN Human Rights Chief Denounces Human Rights Abuses Associated with Large Infrastructure Projects
In an op-ed published by the Miami Herald, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein calls attention to threats faced by human rights defenders who seek to ensure that infrastructure projects are conducted in a manner consistent with human rights obligations
Mar 08,2017
Honduran farmers file lawsuit against the International Finance Corporation
A group of farmers from Honduras’s Bajo Aguan region have filed suit against the International Finance Corporation, the private finance body of the World Bank. According to the plaintiffs, more than 100 people have been murdered in the Bajo Aguan region since 2009 as a result of conflict between th
Feb 08,2017
US Appeals Court Hears Arguments on World Bank Immunity
The Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Monday in Budha Ismail Jam v. International Finance Corporation, on whether the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) should have “absolute immunity” from lawsuits in the United States. Plai
Feb 02,2017
Global Witness Report Chronicles Dangers for Human Rights Defenders in Honduras
A new report released by Global Witness identifies Honduras as “the deadliest country in the world for environmental activism.” The report calls attention to international financial institution funding for projects that result in human rights violations for local communities a
Jan 24,2017
Frontline Defenders Report Highlights Risk to Human Rights Defenders in 2016
According to a report released this month by Frontline Defenders, more than 1000 human rights defenders were killed, harassed, detained, or subjected to smear campaigns and other violations in 2016. As Frontline Defenders highlights, many of these violations, including notably the murder in H