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The Coalition has over 100 members based in around 50 countries.
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STORIES & UPDATES
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!
Uzbekistan: local activist fights against imminent forced evictions
On January 11, Uzbek activist Dilmurod Mirusmanov and his 14 family members – including nine children and his elderly mother – risk being forcibly evicted and forever losing their home in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Thanks to the support of a corrupt political and judiciary system, a private company has been allowed to seize their property.
Too good to be true: the true cost of green hydrogen in Chile
For the local Indigenous Chango communities in northern Chile, the arrival of green hydrogen is only the last drop in a long history of exploitation. In the region of Antofagasta, investments supposedly green are harming an already fragile ecosystem and jeopardizing their livelihoods.
Taking stock of 2023 and the work ahead
Grassroots voices are essential to solve global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, lack of energy access, conflict, and food insecurity. However, governing and business elites keep using public development banks (PDBs) to advance a top-down economic development model, which focuses on economic growth at all costs, ignores grassroots voices and often does more harm than good. At the Coalition for Human Rights in Development, we see how local communities are effectively...
Our work in Latin America on climate justice issues in 2023
In this infographic, we present some of the working groups and advocacy spaces where in 2023 we have built relationships and advanced our collective work on climate justice issues.
Uganda: Stop EACOP coalition calls for release of 7 student activists
On 24 November 2023, the Ugandan police arrested 7 student activists who marched to the Parliament to petition against the EACOP pipeline.
Civil society meets with IDB President to strenghten dialogue and address challenges in the region
On November 10, 25 civil society organizations from Latin America that are part of the IDB Working Group met with the president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Ilan Goldfajn, with the purpose of strengthening dialogue and identifying opportunities to bring the institution closer to the peoples it seeks to serve. The civil society representatives shared with President Goldfajn a series of recommendations to strengthen the links with civil society and communities impacted by IDB...
We are electing a new Coalition’s Steering Committee!
We are excited to announce that at the Coalition for Human Rights in Development we will be soon holding elections for a new Steering Committee (SC).
Open call for proposals: Defenders in Development policy grants
The Defenders in Development (DID) campaign will be awarding eight small grants (up to USD 5,000) to support groups from the Global South to carry out work to prevent and address risks human rights defenders face, when raising their voices about projects financed by development banks.
Newsletter October 2023 – Finance in Common
On 4 – 6 September 2023, over 40 Coalition’s members and partners joined the annual Finance in Common (FIC) Summit in Colombia.In this special edition of our quarterly newsletter, we share their analyses and a snapshot of the powerful messages they shared during and after the Summit.
OUR COLLECTIVE WORK
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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