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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25 November, 2025Civil Society Representatives’ Statement on IFC’s Proposed Program Design in the Bridge- 04 Case
The International Finance Corporation published its third management progress report, developed to remediate children who survived child sexual abuse as students at Bridge International Academies at the time when IFC had invested in Bridge schools. -
25 November, 2025Response by Advisers of Project Affected Peoples to the DRS Follow-Up Report on the Uganda KIIDP-2 Case
We welcome the publication of the follow-up report as it provides important reflections on dispute resolution practice. However, the report fails to reflect critical issues experienced by community members negatively impacted by the KIIDP-2 project. -
19 November, 2025Law scholars shine spotlight on MDBs’ climate loopholes
First-of-its-kind opinion lays out World Bank, ADB and shareholders’ obligations under international law. -
17 November, 2025Pressure mounts on IFC to release report on Bridge sexual abuse case
Civil society organizations say the International Finance Corporation needs to ramp up its transparency and accountability framework. -
11 November, 2025A mirror and a map for the next generation of Accountability Mechanisms
Accountability Counsel’s new report offers the first comprehensive evaluation of the ways that independent accountability mechanisms deliver justice to communities harmed by development bank–financed projects.
