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.
Impact
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Communities Supported142
Our impact includes redesigned projects that now reflect community needs, harm stopped and prevented to defend water resources, and agreements resulting in compensation.
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Institutions Influenced162
We advocate for investors to create accountability offices that are independent, transparent, fair, and effective. We have improved policy and practice at development institutions, commercial banks, UN agencies, and within the OECD.
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Complaints Tracked2,000+
We created and maintain the Accountability Console, a comprehensive database of community complaints filed with independent accountability mechanisms about the impacts of internationally financed projects.
News
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20 October, 2025World Bank pledges ‘no regression’ as it weighs accountability overhaul
As the bank tries to streamline overlapping functions, board members sought to assure civil society groups that communities negatively affected by the institution’s projects will have the same level of access to accountability functions. -
16 October, 2025
IFC pledges progress in Bridge case, but transparency debates endure
Advocates are calling for an independent review of the case of alleged sexual abuse of more than 20 students from IFC-funded Bridge International Academies in Kenya. -
8 October, 2025IFC Sustainability Framework Review
A critical analysis of the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) review of its Sustainability Framework amidst intensifying scrutiny of its harmful investments. -
8 October, 2025Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi mine a wake-up call for ethical investors
Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi mine reveals how “ethical investment” rings hollow when profits trump people and planet, write Caitlin Daniel and Julio Castor Achmadi. -
3 October, 2025Transforming International Financial Institutions
Reforms are key to equal representation and unlocking sustainable development outcomes across the world.
