- The Inspection Panel on November 10 hosted participants in the Human Rights Advocates Program at Columbia University. Operations OfficerBirgit Kubabriefed the group, which included advocates from seven countries, on the Panel’s mandate and procedures, as well as on specific cases. She was joined by Panel Chairman Gonzalo Castro de la Mata and Senior Communications Officer Rob Doherty in…
- Imrana Jalal has been appointed as a member of the Inspection Panel, succeeding Zeinab Bashir Elbakri. World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kimannounced Ms. Jalal’s appointment on November 22 after it was approved by the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors. Below is President Kim’s statement: “I am pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Imrana Jalal as a Member of the Inspection Panel. Ms.…
- Inspection Panel Executive Secretary Dilek Barlas on October 11 took part in a discussion on the report titled “The World Bank Inspection Panel and International Human Rights Law,” at the Civil Society Policy Forum scheduled as part of the 2017 World Bank Group Annual Meetings. The report, prepared by the New York University Law School Clinic on International Organizations, examines how the Panel…
- The Panel this week took part in several events at the Civil Society Policy Forum scheduled as part of the 2017 World Bank Group Annual Meetings. On October 13, Panel MemberJan Mattssonrepresented the Panel at a session sponsored by the Centre for Research on Multilateral Corporations titled, “The Value of Accountability Mechanisms: By Whom and For What?” Later the same day, Panel MemberZeinab…
- The Inspection Panel on December 13, 2017, held a video conference to explain its mandate and operations to about 60 civil society representatives in four Portuguese-speaking nations in Africa. Executive Secretary Dilek Barlas welcomed civil society representatives from Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Operations Officer Tamara Milsztajn and Communications Consultant…
- The Inspection Panel on December 22, 2017, issued a Notice of Registration for a Request for Inspection of the Lom Pangar Hydropower Project in Cameroon. The development objective of the project is “to increase hydropower generation capacity and reduce seasonal variability of water flow in the Sanaga River and to increase access to electricity.” The Panel received a Request for Inspection on…
- World Bank management has released its latest report on the implementation of its action plans. The action plans were developed in response to findings in Inspection Panel investigations, and have been approved by the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors. Management, as requested by the Committee on Development Effectiveness of the Board, began submitting these biannual implementation reports to…
- Accountability and transparency are critical to upholding the highest standards of international development. The Inspection Panel, the World Bank’s Independent Accountability Mechanism, has embarked on a series of reports intended to identify lessons that have emerged from its caseload since the mid-1990s with the goal of building institutional knowledge, enhancing accountability and…
- Zeinab Bashir Elbakri completes her five-year term with the Inspection Panel, the World Bank's Independent Accountability Mechanism, on August 31. In a conversation with Inspection Panel Executive Secretary Dilek Barlas, Elbakri, a national of Sudan, discusses her reasons for joining the Panel in 2012, what has surprised her about the job, misconceptions about the Panel, the investigation that…
- En la década de 1990, las instituciones financieras internacionales comenzaron a establecer Mecanismos Independientes de Rendición de Cuentas para proporcionar recursos a personas que creen que han sido o podrían ser perjudicadas por proyectos apoyados por IFI. Hoy en día, un gran número de instituciones financieras multilaterales y bilaterales tienen mecanismos. Este video explica su trabajo.