Public Statements

We are horrified by the violence that has been perpetrated against civilians in Gaza, Israel, and the occupied West Bank., Israeli military attacks have killed more than 40,000 Palestinians and decimated Gaza’s hospitals, schools, critical infrastructure, and residential housing.Human rights organizations have concluded that the Israeli military has repeatedly violated international humanitarian law. Humanitarian groups have stressed that Israeli forces continue to restrict the delivery of humanitarian aid as hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza are on the precipice of starvation and suffering from the spread of deadly diseases, including polio., Take ActionAmnesty International Demand a ceasefire by all parties to end civilian sufferingSign the petition on amnesty.org, Learn More Amnesty International Israeli military must be investigated for war crime of wanton destruction in Gaza – new investigation

As civil society organizations that have supported communities around the world to use dispute resolution processes at Independent Accountability Mechanisms (IAMs), we welcome the External Review Team’s recommendations for strengthening the World Bank’s Accountability Mechanism - the Inspection Panel and the Dispute Resolution Service (DRS). This statement focuses primarily on the implementation of dispute resolution since the reforms to accountability at the World Bank added the DRS.

In recent weeks, the Tanzanian government has undertaken a concerted media campaign to discredit the Oakland Institute’s findings about egregious human rights abuses and forced displacement, carried out to expand Ruaha National Park (RUNAPA) as a “tourism asset.” Not surprisingly, the Tanzanian Association of Tourism Operators (TATO), whose lifeline is safari tourism and hunting, joined the chorus of blatantly false claims in defense of the government’s actions.

Dear President Banga, As incoming World Bank President, you were tasked with leading the institution’s reform – or “Evolution”-- process to better position the Bank to address global challenges like climate change.

Le jour de l’ouverture de la Conférence sur la terre 2024 de la Banque mondiale, des organisations de productrices et producteurs alimentaires à petite échelle, de Peuples autochtones, de travailleurs et travailleuses, de communautés de base et de la société civile dénoncent la Banque mondiale comme un acteur majeur de l’accaparement des terres et de la destruction des écosystèmes. Elles exigent des mesures efficaces pour réaliser le droit à la terre et aux territoires, y compris une réforme agraire.

On the opening day of the World Bank’s 2024 Land Conference, organizations of small-scale food producers, Indigenous Peoples, workers, grassroots communities, and civil society denounce the World Bank as a major actor of land grabbing and ecosystem destruction. They call for effective measures to realize the right to land and territories, including agrarian reform. From May 13 to 17, 2024, the World Bank is organizing a land conference in Washington DC, with the theme “Securing Land Tenure and Access for Climate Action”.

En la jornada inaugural de la Conferencia sobre la Tierra 2024 del Banco Mundial, organizaciones de productoras y productores de alimentos a pequeña escala, Pueblos Indígenas, trabajadoras y trabajadores, comunidades de base y la sociedad civil denuncian al Banco Mundial como uno de los principales actores del acaparamiento de tierras y la destrucción de los ecosistemas. Exigen medidas eficaces para hacer efectivo el derecho a la tierra y los territorios, incluida la reforma agraria.

Destinataires : M. Niels Annen, BMZ State Secretary, Germany Mme. Bruins Slot, Ministre des affaires étrangères, Pays-Bas Mme. Caroline Gennez, Ministre de la coopération au développement, Belgique Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, Ministre de l'état, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Royaume-Uni Copie à : M. Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, Président de la République démocratique du Congo Mme. Christiane Rudolph, Chief Sustainability Officer, DEG M. Michael Jongeneel, Chief Executive Officer, FMO M. Joris Totté, Chief Executive Officer, BIO M.

We, the undersigned non-governmental organisations, are writing to bring to your attention critical concerns with the ongoing mediation process of the Independent Complaints Mechanism (ICM) of the German and Dutch development banks (DEG and FMO) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), pertaining specifically to the operations of the company Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) and its impact on local communities. We request that you take urgent actions to pause the mediation process while these concerns are being addressed.

Five years have passed since nine communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo filed a complaint with the International Complaint Mechanism.