India

submitted to the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples by Women Action for Development, Manipur, India, and the Forest Peoples Programme

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Appeal for solidarity to: Denounce the false implementation of the Forest Rights Act in North Bengal Protest against the attack on NFFPFW and NESPON members - Appeal by NESPON/National Forum of Forest Peoples and Forest Workers (NFFPFW)

15 November, 2008

Ever since the much-awaited implementation of the historic Forest Rights Act 2006 (FRA) had started in North Bengal, the State Government did everything possible to slaughter it. Grossly illegal orders were issued from the Writers Buildings, and the Government Officers in charge of the process have succeeded to make a mockery of the provisions of the Law.

Urgent Communication to the UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children, and to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples

Submitted by Women Action for Development (Manipur, India) and the Forest Peoples Programme

6 October, 2008

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World Bank-funded energy project in India fails to meet agreed social standards - Press release

22 September, 2008

A recent independent NGO report on the World Bank-funded Lanco Power Station project in Chhattisgarh, India shows serious negative consequences for local communities, including loss of land, polluted rivers and receding water levels. The project is funded by the private sector arm of the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which adopted in 2006 a new set of social and environmental safeguards, which the report finds have not been properly applied.

Sustainable development or business as usual? A critical evaluation of the IFC-funded Lanco Amarkantak Thermal Power Station Project in Chhattisgarh, India

Liam Taylor and Devjit Nandi

Devjit Nandi

1 September, 2008

Sustainable development or business as usual? The Lanco Amarkantak thermal power station project in Chhattisgarh, India

An analysis of the social impacts and community engagement process for an IFC-supported project in Chhattisgarh, India. It also provides an assessment of the application of IFC Performance Standard 7 (Indigenous Peoples) and related IFC standards and due diligence requirements, in the light of the project's significant adverse impacts on affected communities. It is based on a detailed reading of project documents, interviews and correspondence with relevant officials, and five days of
fieldwork conducted in the affected communities in March 2008.

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