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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12 May, 2025When Development Finance Does More Harm than Good: The Case of Indorama Agro in Uzbekistan
In January 2025, Indorama Agro abruptly prepaid its loans and walked away from its contractual obligation to implement the EBRD’s E&S standards in Uzbekistan. -
9 May, 2025World Bank launches historic framework addressing harms from development projects
The World Bank has released the first-ever framework to address environmental and social harms caused by projects the bank financed through its private sector branches, including the International Finance Corporation (IFC). -
6 May, 2025The EBRD in Sub-Saharan Africa: Expanding Horizons, Expanding Harm?
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is expanding into Sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq. Unless it ramps up its policies to prevent and remedy negative environmental and social impacts, it risks replicating harm that communities in the region are already experiencing. -
30 April, 2025Indigenous Peoples rights violated in hydropower projects across Nepal, report finds
A human rights group this week released a report accusing four hydropower projects in Nepal funded by multilateral development banks of violating the rights of Indigenous Peoples to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent, leading among other things to severe biodiversity harm. -
28 April, 2025New report reveals how government and development banks have failed to uphold Indigenous Peoples rights in hydropower projects across Nepal
A new report, launched today by Accountability Counsel and LAHURNIP, exposes critical violations of the rights of Indigenous Peoples to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in four hydropower projects in Nepal.
