- Rob Doherty joined the Inspection Panel in February as a communications adviser. He began working at The World Bank as a communications consultant in April 2015 after more than three decades as a journalist, including 25 years with Reuters in Washington, Cyprus and London. Among the positions he held at Reuters were Washington bureau chief, news editor for the Middle East and Africa, and general…
- The United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities visited the Inspection Panel on March 9. Catalina Devandas Aquilar told the Panel that her position was created just over a year ago with the dual mandate to promote human rights and inclusive development, and to “build the bridges” between organizations. She said the impact of development projects on people with…
- Tove Holmstrom and Patricia Nunez Benitez have joined the Inspection Panel team on temporary assignments. Tove joined the Panel in early April from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for a practical learning experience. Tove is serving as Associate Expert in Human Rights at the Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section of the OHCHR and will be with the Panel…
- In response to a request from the Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) and in coordination with the Inspection Panel, World Bank management has released its first report on the implementation of action plans following Panel investigations. Management will submit the implementation status reports to the World Bank Board of Executive Directors twice a year. The Panel welcomes this effort…
- On Feb. 11, a team fromCenter for International Environmental Law (CIEL)andInternational Accountability Project visited the Inspection Panel. The team met the Panel team and briefed on theEarly Warning System (EWS).The EWS is a joint project of CIEL andInternational Accountability Project. It aims to alert communities in advance, about potential harm that may be caused by projects being funded…
- The Inspection Panel is making two changes to itsOperating Procedureswith the aim of enhancing consultation with Requesters and facilitating the tracking of action plans implemented by World Bank Management following a Panel investigation. Both changes were discussed with the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors’ Committee on Development Effectiveness and will be included in Annex 2 to thePanel’s…
- The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on July 20, 2016, approved the Inspection Panel’s recommendation to defer for a second time a decision on whether the Panel should investigate a complaint related to the Mining Infrastructure Investment Support Project (MINIS) in Mongolia. In a February 2015 Request for Inspection, the complainants had claimed that MINIS is supporting two subprojects…
- The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on July 20, 2016, approved the Inspection Panel’s recommendation to defer a decision on whether the Panel should investigate two Requests for Inspection of the Armenia Irrigation System Enhancement Project. The project is designed to convert four pump-based irrigation systems into gravity irrigation with the aim of eliminating electricity use and…
- The Inspection Panel on October 4 released the second report in its Emerging Lessons Series. The report, which detailed lessons from Panel cases involving indigenous peoples, was released at aside event to the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group Annual Meetings. Panel Chairman Gonzalo Castro de la Mata presented the main findings of the report at the event, which was chaired by Melanie…
- The Inspection Panel on October 13, 2016, issued aNotice of Registrationfor complaints related to the Bank-financed Río Bogotá Environmental Recuperation and Flood Control Project in Colombia. The Panel had received complaints about the project on June 23 and June 29 but did not register them to provide Bank management with the opportunity to address the concerns. Two additional complaints from…