Accountability Counsel amplifies the voices of communities around the world to protect their human rights and environment. As advocates for people harmed by internationally financed projects, we employ community driven and policy level strategies to access justice.

News

  • 9 October, 2024

    The European Investment Bank’s woeful ‘green’ track record in Nepal

    By Sutharee Wannasiri, Accountability Counsel, and Durga Mani Rai, LAHURNIP
    The bank must take an honest look at its own troubling history on renewable energy projects — specifically, the projects it has funded that have harmed environments and communities, which have largely gone unaddressed.
  • 1 October, 2024

    Why Every IAM Should Have the Power to Self-Initiate Investigations

    By Gregory Berry and Leo Lou, Accountability Counsel
    While it would be ideal if directly impacted people were able to file cases and demand justice whenever harm occurs, significant barriers to access can make it nearly impossible for that to happen. There is an obvious solution: equipping IAMs with the ability to self-initiate compliance investigations.
  • 25 September, 2024

    34 Civil Society Organizations submit joint recommendations on how to strengthen AIIB’s Project-Affected People’s Mechanism

    By Radhika Goyal, Accountability Counsel
    A version of this blog was also published in the AIIB Observer Vol. 2 As the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank gather for their annual meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, we call on the Bank to strengthen its Project-Affected People’s Mechanism (PPM) and reaffirm the importance of…
  • 6 September, 2024

    Social Risks of MDB-backed Projects Going Unnoticed

    By Emmy Hawker, ESG Investor
    Lack of community consultation and accountability frameworks undermining efforts to fund a just transition, campaigners argue.
  • 3 September, 2024

    New Export Feature to Download Complaint Data

    By Breanna Burke and Esha Thapa, Accountability Counsel
    Experience faster, more reliable data exports on the Console with our new asynchronous export feature – optimized for large volumes of data and seamless analysis.

Follow Us