Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), Germany’s public development bank, is complicit in serious human rights violations despite claiming to improve “economic, social and environmental living conditions across the globe,” according to a new report released today.
The report, “KfW: Irresponsible Banking” — authored by the Coalition for Human Rights in Development and endorsed by 20 civil society groups — reveals that KfW projects are often imposed without informing or consulting affected communities, and that those who raise concerns or oppose such projects face threats and attacks. Join us at the launch event on September 10 to find out more!
About the launch event
When: Wednesday, September 10
(19:00 Jakarta / 15:00 Dar es Salaam / 6:00 Mexico City – check your local time here)
Where: Zoom – registration link here
Panelists
- Claudia Susana Quintero: Mexican Indigenous woman human rights defender from the Mayo-Yoreme Indigenous community and founder of the collective ¡Aquí no!
- Jimmy Ginting: Indonesian Human Rights Defender
- Pichamon Yeophantong: UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
- Dalile Antunez: Collaborative Researcher, Coalition for Human Rights in Development
Moderator: Sofia Larriera Santurio (Front Line Defenders)
For media enquiries and interviews
Download here the press release and media invite.
For any media enquiry, please contact Lorena Cotza (Communications Lead – Coalition for Human Rights in Development): +39 3285761056 | lcotza@rightsindevelopment.org
We can arrange interviews with human rights defenders from Mexico, Indonesia and Tanzania for further information about the three case studies highlighted in the report.