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20 September 2010Panel Papua New Guinea Complaint Moves Forward
In early September 2010, the World Bank Inspection Panel visited PNG to conduct a formal investigation of the complaint. Accountability Counsel and PNG-based CELCOR traveled to Oro Province to accompany claimants in meetings with the Panel. Read more about our case in Papua New Guinea here. -
16 July 2010Paper on Banking and Human Rights to UN Special Rep. for Business and Human Rights, John Ruggie
On July 15th, 2010, BankTrack submitted a paper written by Accountability Counsel’s Natalie Bridgeman Fields on a proposed human rights policy for private sector banks. -
22 April 2010
Letter to World Bank President Zoellick
On April 21, 2010, Accountability Counsel sent a letter to the President of the World Bank requesting that funding for the World Bank’s Smallholder Agricultural Development Project (“SADP”) be suspended until admitted policy violations are corrected. Read more about our case in Papua New Guinea here. -
6 April 2010Peruvian Indigenous Communities’ CAO Complaint re Maple Energy
Today Accountability Counsel and partners filed a complaint with the World Bank’s accountability mechanism, the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), seeking redress for toxic oil spills that have caused human rights and environmental violations in Peru. Read more about our case in Peru here. -
6 April 2010Multinational Corporation’s Toxic Contamination in the Peruvian Amazon Harms Indigenous Communities with World Bank Support
Today, two indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon filed a complaint demanding accountability for toxic oil contamination of their land and rivers by Maple Energy plc, a multinational oil corporation. Members of the Shipibo-Konibo indigenous communities of Canaán de Cachiyacu and Nuevo Sucre have endured years of Maple’s contamination, including… -
1 September 2009International Award: Echoing Green Recognizes Accountability Counsel
Natalie Bridgeman Fields was recognized internationally as one of fourteen 2009 Echoing Green Fellows for her groundbreaking social entrepreneurship.