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The Record of International Financial Institutions on Business and Human Rights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 May 2016

Jessica EVANS
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corporate accountabilitydevelopmenthuman rightsinternational financial institutionsInternational Finance CorporationWorld Bank
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Developments in the Field
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Business and Human Rights Journal , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , July 2016 , pp. 327 - 332
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Jessica Evans is a human rights lawyer, Senior Advocate and Researcher on International Financial Institutions at Human Rights Watch.

References

1 Human Rights Watch, ‘Abuse-Free Development: How the World Bank Should Safeguard against Human Rights Violations’, (22 July 2013), https://www.hrw.org/report/2013/07/22/abuse-free-development/how-world-bank-should-safeguard-against-human-rights (accessed 5 February 2016); Human Rights Watch, ‘At Your Own Risk: Reprisals against Critics of World Bank Group Projects’, (22 June 2015), https://www.hrw.org/report/2015/06/22/your-own-risk/reprisals-against-critics-world-bank-group-projects (accessed 5 February 2016).

2 European Investment Bank (EIB), ‘The EIB Statement of Environmental and Social Principles and Standards’, (2009), http://www.eib.org/attachments/strategies/eib_statement_esps_en.pdf (accessed 5 February 2016) 10.

3 IFC, ‘International Finance Corporation’s Policy on Environmental and Social Sustainability’, (1 January 2012), http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/7540778049a792dcb87efaa8c6a8312a/SP_English_2012.pdf?MOD=AJPERES (accessed 5 February 2016).

4 Ibid.

5 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), ‘Environmental and Social Policy (ESP)’, (7 May 2014), http://www.ebrd.com/news/publications/policies/environmental-and-social-policy-esp.html (accessed 5 February 2016) 1.

6 IFC, note 10.

7 Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO), ‘Honduras / Dinant-01/CAO Vice President Request’, (17 April 2012), http://www.cao-ombudsman.org/cases/case_detail.aspx?id=188 (accessed 5 February 2016); CAO, ‘CAO Audit of IFC Investment in Corporación Dinant S.A. de C.V., Honduras’, (20 December 2013), http://www.cao-ombudsman.org/documents/DinantAuditCAORefC-I-R9-Y12-F161_ENG.pdf (accessed 5 February 2016).

8 The World Bank and OECD, Integrating Human Rights into Development: Donor Approaches, Experiences and Challenges, 2nd edn., (Washington DC: World Bank, OECD, 2013), 4–6 Google Scholar, Table 1.1. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP), for example, has implemented an Environmental and Social Screening Procedure for its projects, through which it seeks to identify and avoid potential negative human rights impacts resulting from its activities: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), ‘Environmental and Social Screening Procedure (ESSP)’, (2014), http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/corporate/Social-and-Environmental-Policies-and-Procedures/UNDP-Social-Environmental-Screening-Procedure-1January2015.pdf (accessed 5 February 2016).

9 Philip Alston, ‘Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights’, A/70/274 (4 August 2015), http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/274 (accessed 8 February 2016).

10 World Bank, ‘Second Draft Social and Environmental Framework’, (1 July 2015), https://consultations.worldbank.org/consultation/review-and-update-world-bank-safeguard-policies (accessed 8 February 2016).

11 The project was funded by UD$30 million of credits from the World Bank’s International Development Association, UD$7.7 million grant from the African Development Bank, UD$7 million from the Nordic Development Fund, and UD$3.6 million from the Ugandan government. World Bank, ‘Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources Additional Financing’, 23 September 2008), http://www.worldbank.org/projects/P111097/sustainable-management-mineral-resources-additional-financing?lang=en (accessed 5 February 2016); Joshua Tuhumwire, ‘Supporting the Advancement of Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM) in Uganda’, (2012), http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTOGMC/Resources/336929-1237387264558/5930373-1237390689503/Tuhumwire_EIGender.pdf (accessed 5 February 2016).

12 Human Rights Watch, ‘“How Can We Survive Here?”: The Impact of Mining on Human Rights in Karamoja, Uganda’, (3 February 2014), https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/02/03/how-can-we-survive-here/impact-mining-human-rights-karamoja-uganda (accessed 5 February 2016); World Bank, ‘Operational Policy 4.10, Indigenous Peoples’, (July 2005), http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/PROJECTS/EXTPOLICIES/EXTOPMANUAL/0,,contentMDK:20553653~menuPK:4564185~pagePK:64709096~piPK:64709108~theSitePK:502184,00.html (accessed 5 February 2016).

13 World Bank, ‘Doing Business’, (2016) http://www.doingbusiness.org (accessed 8 February 2016).

14 For a full discussion of the IAMs measured against the criteria for adequate remedy, see Daniel, C. et al (eds.), ‘Glass Half Full? The State of Accountability in Development Finance’, SOMO (January 2016), http://www.somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_4275 Google Scholar (accessed 5 February 2016).

15 SOMO, Both ENDS, Center for International Environmental Law, CEE Bankwatch Network, Accountability Counsel, Natural Justice, Foundation for the Development of Sustainable Policies, Inclusive Development International, Centre for Human Rights and Global Justice, and Washington College of Law - Program on International & Comparative Environmental Law.

16 Ibid.

17 Ibid.

18 CAO, ‘Nicaragua / Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/León and Chinandega’, (1 March 2008), http://www.cao-ombudsman.org/cases/case_detail.aspx?id=82 (accessed 5 February 2016).

19 CAO, ‘Dispute Resolution Conclusion Report- Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01’, (August 2015), http://www.cao-ombudsman.org/cases/document-links/documents/CAOConclusionReport_NSEL_August2015_ENGLISH.pdf (accessed 5 February 2016).

20 CAO, ‘Cambodia / Cambodia: VEIL II-01/Ratanakiri Province’, (November 2015), http://www.cao-ombudsman.org/cases/case_detail.aspx?id=212 (accessed 5 February 2016); ‘Joint Statement, Dispute Resolution Process between HAGL company and its subsidiaries and indigenous villages’, (19 January 2016), http://www.cao-ombudsman.org/cases/document-links/documents/JointStatement-Final-kh-eng.pdf (accessed 5 February 2016).

21 CAO, ‘CAO Audit of IFC Investment in Corporación Dinant S.A. de C.V., Honduras’, (20 December 2013), http://www.cao-ombudsman.org/documents/DinantAuditCAORefC-I-R9-Y12-F161_ENG.pdf (accessed 5 February 2016).

22 Wolfensohn, James, ‘Some Reflections on Human Rights and Development’ in Philip Alston and Mary Robinson (eds.), Human Rights and Development: Towards Mutual Reinforcement (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005) 22 Google Scholar.