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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8 October, 2025Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi mine a wake-up call for ethical investors
Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi mine reveals how “ethical investment” rings hollow when profits trump people and planet, write Caitlin Daniel and Julio Castor Achmadi. -
29 September, 2025Cooperation of Accountability and Safeguard Systems
How can multilateral development banks and bilateral donors such as the IKI work together in a changing environment without weakening the rights of those affected? This question was discussed at an expert meeting. -
25 September, 2025‘Our Land, Our Lives’: Lesotho villagers challenge Gauteng water scheme
Eighteen rural communities in Lesotho’s Mokhotlong district have lodged a formal complaint with the African Development Bank (AfDB) about Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. -
22 September, 2025Villagers lodge complaint with AfDB against Lesotho Highlands Water Project
Grievances listed include unsatisfactory relocations, damaged homes, a lack of compensation and loss of livelihoods caused by the project. -
19 September, 2025Rights Groups Call for Probe of World Bank Hospital Funding
More than 50 human rights organizations, nonprofits and international development experts are calling on the World Bank to investigate its health-care investments in Africa and Asia.
