Georgia’s highway dilemmas and the Asian Development Bank
May 2, 2024
Despite the involvement of international partners, both the East–West Highway Improvement Project and the North–South Corridor Road Project have been marred by controversies.
Beyond Economics
April 4, 2024
Despite heavily increasing investments in green projects in recent years, the EBRD still lacks an effective system for safeguarding human …
Labor Rights Violations Persist in Uzbekistan
March 27, 2024
Cotton producer Indorama Agro silences workers speaking out against rights violations while development banks fail to ensure compliance.
International groups stand in solidarity with Armenian environmental and human rights defenders facing defamation and criminalisation
February 20, 2024
In recent months, Armenian human rights and environmental defenders and organisations have been facing defamatory attacks in local media. They are increasingly being targeted through defamation, smear campaigns, intimidation and criminalisation for their peaceful, legitimate human rights work.
Kyrgyzstan’s crackdown on civil society: Are international development banks doing enough?
February 20, 2024
Kyrgyzstan is one of the few countries in Central Asia with an active and vibrant civil society, represented by strong human right defenders and active environmental and social issue groups. Last year, however, the Kyrgyz government proposed two repressive laws on non-governmental organisations and the media, which represent a major setback for the country’s democratic future.
Devex Invested: EBRD faces heat over human rights complaints
January 30, 2024
Democracy, Human Rights & Governance …
Civil society organisations urge EBRD for more human rights action
January 26, 2024
The EBRD announces a new CSO steering committee to improve engagement, but its human rights due diligence is still seen as inadequate …
Civil society comments on the EBRD’s good governance policies with focus on human rights due diligence
January 15, 2024
Together with other civil society organisations, Bankwatch submitted comments on the EBRD’s good governance policies, which are currently under revision.
Civil society groups urge the EBRD to rethink mining investments
September 20, 2023
Twenty civil society organisations from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Mongolia, Uganda, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, as well as seven international environmental and human rights organisations, are calling on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to reconsider its approach to mining investments.
CSOs call on public development banks to assess, prevent and remedy harmful impacts of their investment decisions on communities & environment
September 11, 2023
Civil society calls on public development banks to overhaul their approach to development, 4 September 2023 …
