"Accountability Counsel assists communities around the world to defend their environmental and human rights."

We hold corporate and institutional violators accountable through our dual approaches: direct support to communities and policy advocacy.

Communities

Communities

Accountability Counsel assists communities to defend their human and environmental rights through complaints  using the mechanisms tied to the projects that cause harm.  We specialize in assisting communities with non-judicial accountability mechanisms, which may involve dispute resolution through mediation, compliance audits, or use of other accountability methods. 

Policy

Policy

Accountability Counsel advocates for independent, fair, transparent, accessible and effective accountability mechanisms and creation of new complaint systems so that banks, corporations and institutions are held to the norms and standards to which they have agreed.  Our most active policy initiatives relate to the EBRD PCM, OPIC OA, and the OECD NCP.

Resources

Resources

Accountability Counsel provides various tools to assist communities in seeking redress for human rights and environmental violations by international financial institutions, export promotion agencies and private corporate actors.  Our most popular tool is our Accountability Resource Guide.