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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 other actors accountable for their impacts on people and the planet. Find out more reading the latest updates on our work and our collective campaigns!
Covid-19, development finance and attacks against journalists
Around the world, journalists, bloggers, medical workers, human rights defenders and all those who are raising concerns for the inadequate response to the Covid-19 pandemic are under attack. In an attempt to silence their dissenting voices, they are being accused of spreading false information, smeared, threatened, arrested, and physically attacked.* From the beginning of the pandemic until October 2020, development banks earmarked a total US$95.2 billion for 770 Covid-19-related projects...
Global development summit needs human rights focus, say 200 organizations around the world
3 September 2020 In a letter addressed to the French Development Agency, over 200 organizations around the world are calling for the principles of a human rights-based and community-led development to be included and prioritized both in the agenda and in the outcomes of the Finance in Common Summit, a high-level gathering of all Public Development Banks, which will take place in Paris on 9-12 November. You can download the full letter in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. If you wish to...
The Pandemic’s Hidden Casualty: Human Rights
The lush forests of the Sierra Madre mountain range, on the Philippine island of Luzon, have been home to the Dumagat-Remontados indigenous peoples for centuries. But their ancestral lands are now under threat. In this area, the Philippine government is planning to build the Kaliwa Dam, despite environmental concerns and opposition from local indigenous communities at risk of being displaced and losing their livelihoods. In 2009, the Dumagat-Remontado – with the support of the Save Sierra...
Development finance for Covid-19 crisis should uphold human rights
May 18, 2020 - In a statement published today, the Coalition urged development finance institutions to ensure that the funding and support they provide for the Covid-19 response, and during the economic recovery period, upholds human rights and leads to economic justice for those who are most vulnerable. We see that Covid-19 and the ensuing economic lockdowns are having unequal impacts, hurting already vulnerable communities the most and...
Article: Impacts of COVID19 on Frontline Communities Resisting Internationally Financed Development Projects
The Coalition uncovered several trends on how COVID-19 measures are impacting frontline communities opposing internationally financed development projects. Using data provided by its community engagement partners and allies, the Coalition found common trends among communities from Asia, Africa and Latin America where COVID19 lockdown or quarantine measures have been imposed by governments to contain the spread of the corona virus. Some of the trends observed were: hunger and loss of...
Coalition Members and Partners Engage AIIB ESF Review
The Coalition for Human Right in Development members and partners submitted a position paper to the Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB) Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) Review team in line with the on-going review. The AIIB requested submissions from civil society organizations, stakeholders and other interested entities for the Phase 1 ESF Review. The Coalition have been engaging with the AIIB together with several members. The engagement is focused on advancing the...
“Uncalculated Risks” exposes threats and attacks against defenders in development
Together with the Defenders in Development Campaign, we launched today the new report "Uncalculated Risks: Threats and attacks against human rights defenders and the role of development financiers." With 25 case studies from around the world, the report exposes the risks of megaprojects and ill-planned development on those who work to defend human rights, their livelihoods, and the environment. "Uncalculated Risks" shows how human rights defenders face increasing threats and attacks in the...
Green Advocates and Liberian Indigenous Villagers File Complaint against SOCFIN
Green Advocates working with 22 Liberian indigenous villagers has filed a complaint with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman against the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC), a Liberian subsidiary of of Luxembourg-based agricultural giant Socfin. The complaint alleges that SRC is using World Bank money to expand and operate its Liberian plantations through illegal land grabs, sexual violence, and intimidation of human rights defenders. SRC took over the Weala...
New Report on WB Coal Financing Released by IDI, BIC Europe and JATAM Indonesia
Coalition members' Inclusive Development International (IDI) and Bank Information Center Europe (BIC Europe), with JATAM Indonesia released a new report showing how the World Bank Group is quietly bankrolling some of Indonesia’s most destructive coal mining companies despite instituting a virtual ban on coal financing in 2013. The report examined in particular the impacts of the Kaltim Prima Coal company, which operates a 90,000-hectare strip mining operation in East Kalimantan, a province in...
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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.
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.
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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🌿 Forum is shedding light on CSO reflections regarding the @ADB_HQ Draft ESF and proposed changes in safeguards policy.
We'll discuss recommendations to safeguard project-affected individuals and…
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🌊 Explore a preview of our exhibition exposing the link between environmental degradation, social injustice, and human rights violations caused by @ADB_HQ projects.
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The Lower Sesan 2 Dam is being partly funded by ABBank, a financial intermediary (FI) client of the @IFC_org. Financial intermediaries represent the nexus between development finance and commercial banking.
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