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Joint statement on the Dispute Resolution process between La Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) and representatives of the thirteen affected villages of Sangarédi, Guinea.

Declaration conjointe sur le processus de Résolution des Différends entre La Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) et les représentants des treize villages affectés de Sangaredi, Guinée.

Today, plaintiffs representing hundreds of families who were violently displaced to make way for an industrial sugar plantation in Cambodia have filed a petition in the Northern District of Georgia asking the U.S. Court to help them obtain evidence from Coca-Cola.

The Good Policy Paper assesses current policy provisions at independent accountability mechanisms, identifying best practices and areas for improvement.

Cambodian families who were forcibly displaced by Phnom Penh Sugar Company have received a promised payment from Australia’s ANZ bank, which financed the sugar company from 2011-2014.

Civil society organizations respond to ANZ Bank’s new Grievance Mechanism Framework to evaluate and respond to human rights related complaints associated with its corporate lending customers.

Three organizations representing thousands of people in Uganda filed a complaint against the World Bank for indirectly backing one of the world’s largest and riskiest oil developments. The planned East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and Kabaale refinery, along with the associated development of oil fields on the shores of Lake Albert, will impact over 120,000 people in Uganda and Tanzania.

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline, French oil company Total’s proposed 1,445 kilometer pipeline through Uganda and Tanzania, is coming under further pressure as more banks make clear that they are not taking part in a $3 billion loan to enable the project to proceed.

In a precedent-setting case, more than 10,000 people harmed by the New Liberty Gold Mine in Liberia have had a complaint accepted against the German and French national development banks – DEG and Proparco – for their links to the project.

Car companies should drive up human rights and environmental standards at bauxite mines and aluminum refineries and smelters. A new report by Inclusive Development International and Human Rights Watch explains how.