World Bank Safeguard Draft Rolls-Back Protections for People and the Environment Key Human Rights Concerns
A statement from the Bank on Human Rights Coalition submitted to the World Bank Executive Board. The World Bank has repeatedly committed to producing a new safeguard framework that results in no-dilution of the existing safeguards and which reflects prevailing international standards. Instead, the draft safeguard framework distributed this month to the Committee on Development Effectiveness represents a profound dilution of the existing safeguards and an undercutting of international human rights standards and best practice among development institutions.
Read the statements here (PDF):
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- Type de ressource:
- Actualités
- Date de publication:
- 29 juillet 2014
- Programmes:
- Financement mondial Politiques et financements pour le climat et les forêts Réformes juridiques et politiques Chaînes d’approvisionnement et commerce