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 Supported132
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 Influenced95
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 Tracked1,801
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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24 July, 2024World Bank taps global law firm to review Bridge sex abuse investigation
Freshfields will look into whether IFC’s accountability arm, the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, was “fully able to execute its compliance investigation mandate,” and whether IFC staff and management cooperated fully with its work. -
18 July, 2024How the EU is killing farmers’ livelihoods with multi-million dollar aid to a Ukrainian chicken king
Campaigners and residents near MHP’s flagship farm in central Ukraine say the company is hurting the environment and their quality of life, but continues to secure major loans without any oversight of such impacts. -
16 July, 2024Joint Civil Society Statement ahead of IFC Remedy and Responsible Exit Framework Decision
Tomorrow, the Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) of the World Bank Board of Executive Directors will discuss the IFC’s draft Remedy and Responsible Exit Framework, which is intended to outline how the institution will deliver remedy to communities harmed by projects it finances. This would be the first policy to… -
8 July, 2024Redefining Impartiality: Advocating for a Community-Centered Approach to Accountability Mechanisms
While accountability mechanisms are meant to provide impartiality and justice, strict adherence to impartiality can sometimes render them ineffective in addressing the unique needs and vulnerabilities of the very communities they were established to assist. -
3 July, 2024
Statement on the Situation in Kenya
We are saddened by the news of killings, abductions, arbitrary detentions, and violence meted out by the police in Kenya against its citizens. As an international organization that amplifies the voices of communities around the world seeking protection of their human rights and environment, we are alarmed at the retaliation…
