8 Minimum Elements for a Safeguards Framework that Protects People and Communities, a Letter to President Kim

Bank on Human Rights Coalition letter to World Bank President Kim urging him to ensure that the new environmental and social safeguards framework protects individuals and communities from the negative effects of Bank-financed projects.

To read the letter in full please click here

Signatories of the letter include:

Center for International Environmental Law

Chiadzwa Community Development Trust – Zimbabwe

Conectas Direitos Humanos – Brazil

Forest Peoples Programme

Human Rights Watch

Inclusive Development International

International Accountability Project

International Disability Alliance

Lumiere Synergie pour le Developpement/LSD – Senegal

NGO Forum on the ADB

Social Justice Connection – Canada

Society for Democratic Initiatives – Sierra Leone

 

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