Press Room

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.

Inclusive Development International and Human Rights Watch will hold an online news conference on July 22, 2021 at 10am EDT to launch our new joint report, “Aluminum: The Car Industry’s Blind Spot – Why Car Companies Should Address the Human Rights Impact of Aluminum Production.”

Take a stand in solidarity with communities around the world who dare to push back, who dare to take on the “impossible” fights and who dare to win.

Inclusive Development International, Equitable Cambodia and Mighty Earth sent an open letter to Peugeot calling on the automobile company to use its substantial influence to ensure redress for Indigenous communities in Cambodia harmed by its business partner.

We’re pleased to share our 2020 Annual Report which features several significant victories that have been many years in the making and provides an overview of a number of our ongoing campaigns and cases.

Inclusive Development International deplores the arbitrary arrest and detention of Ugandan human rights defender Maxwell Atuhura and calls for his immediate release and an end to the repeated attacks on human rights defenders and environmental activists in Uganda.

Inclusive Development International and Human Rights Watch submitted joint comments on the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard and auditing process, aimed at providing the maximum protection to communities affected by bauxite mining.