- THE REQUEST On June 17, 2021, Witness Radio Uganda (WRU)—a non-profit, non-partisan, registered advocacy organization for the protection and promotion of human rights in development—submitted the Request for Inspection on behalf of 24 community members and representatives living in the Project area. The Requesters authorized WRU to represent them during the Panel process and…
- THE REQUEST The Request for Inspection was submitted on October 1, 2020, by 10 community members from Omolokony Village, Uganda, who asked the Panel to keep their identities confidential. The Requesters claimed that the Project planned to use Oruja Rock, a large rock located near their village, at the Merok site—as a stone quarry for rehabilitation of the Tororo–Kamdini Road.…
- THE REQUEST The Request for Inspection was submitted on August 4, 2021, by two community members living in the Project area on the coast of Togo. On August 27, 2021, the Panel received additional signatures from another Togo resident and 27 project-affected persons (PAPs) living in nine Togolese villages, and from a community-based organization, authorizing the Requesters to…
- THE REQUEST The Request for Inspection was submitted on June 30, 2022, by two community members living in the Project area in Cameroon. On July 18, 2022, an additional 99 Requesters from communities and socio-professional organizations in the Project area authorized IFI Synergy—a coalition of local civil society organizations (CSOs), including Green Development Advocates (GDA),…
- THE REQUEST The Request for Inspection was submitted on December 19, 2022, by four Requesters who stated they are the leaders of four “Centrales Chiquitanos” (organizations of Chiquitano indigenous people) in the Chiquitania region of eastern Bolivia. They engaged two local civil society organizations to represent them and authorized the Bank Information Center—a US-based…
- THE REQUEST The Request for Inspection was submitted on July 12, 2022, by 83 community members living in the Project area in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India. The Requesters asked the Panel to keep their identities confidential and authorized three representatives from India to represent them in the Panel process. The Requesters claimed that they had suffered or may suffer…
- THE REQUEST On October 31, 2023, two community members from Hilla Condji, Grand Popo, Benin, submitted the Request for Inspection. On December 9, 2022, the Panel received an additional 117 signatures from community members in support of the Request. The Requesters, who wished to remain anonymous, designated four community members to represent them in the Panel process. The…
- THE REQUEST On June 20, 2023, a Request for Inspection was submitted by two individuals from Tanzania. The Requesters have asked the Inspection Panel to keep their identities confidential due to fear of retaliation. They have asked the Oakland Institute to be their advisor in the Panel process. CASE DESCRIPTION The Requesters allege that the Bank-…
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- This case pertained to the West Africa Coastal Areas (WACA) Project activities in Togo only and covered two of its subprojects—the Combined Coastal Protection Works (consisting of the rehabilitation of existing groynes and the construction of new ones) and the Emergency Protection Measures (consisting of the construction of concrete-pipe walls in six locations). THE REQUEST…