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November 14, 2017 Dispatches

World Bank Guidance Leaves Rights Loopholes

Draft Sidesteps Instructions to Prevent Harm From Bank Projects

Members of the Boeung Kak Lake community in Cambodia demonstrate at a police blockade in December 2012 on the second day of community activist Yorm Bopha’s trial.
November 6, 2017 News Release

World Bank: Few Improvements on India’s Tea Plantations

Advocates Deliver 67,000 Signatures to Support Workers

Sprayer on Hattigor
October 20, 2017 Dispatches

Azerbaijan Gets US$500 Million Loan for Gas Transportation

Missed Opportunity to Affect Much Needed Reforms

October 18, 2017 Dispatches

World Bank Presses Uzbekistan to End Forced Labor

Some Students, Teachers, Medical Workers Released

October 17, 2017 Dispatches

World Bank Accountability Body Addresses Attacks on Critics

Bank Should Make it Safe for People to Share Views

Members of the Boeung Kak Lake community in Cambodia demonstrate at a police blockade in December 2012 on the second day of community activist Yorm Bopha’s trial.
September 13, 2017 News Release

Israel/Palestine: Israeli Banks Supporting Settlements

No Domestic Obligation to Provide Many Services That Aid Rights Abuses

Customers use ATMs outside a bank branch in the Israeli settlement of Modi'in Ilit.
September 12, 2017 Report

Israeli Law and Banking in West Bank Settlements

Customers use ATMs outside a bank branch in the Israeli settlement of Modi'in Ilit.
September 11, 2017 Dispatches

Where is the World Bank While Burma is Burning?

Violence against Rohingya Risks Country’s Development

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September 8, 2017 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission re Human rights defenders and civic space in the context of business activities

To the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

September 5, 2017 Statement

Human Rights Watch's Recommendations on the World Bank’s Guidance Notes regarding the Implementation of the Environmental and Social Framework

August 11, 2017 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission re the Situation of Human Rights Defenders Working on Business and International Financial Institutions

To the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

August 4, 2017 Dispatches

IMF’s Initial Steps on Corruption Issue

Rethinking How to Address a Touchy Subject

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August 1, 2017 Commentary

A Peek Behind the World Bank’s Mask

A school-age boy hides under direction from a teacher who feared he would be seen by a monitor during the 2016 cotton harvest, Beruni district, Karakalpakstan
July 17, 2017 Commentary

The World Bank’s Investment in Forced Labor

June 27, 2017 Witness

Witness: Declared Insane for Speaking Out

Fighting Forced Labor in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Fields

Uzbek human rights defender Elena Urlaeva, detained at a psychiatric hospital from March 1 to March 23, 2017.

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