International Accountability Project

January 2008: Big announcements for the new year - IAP welcomes our new
Co-Director, Jennifer Kalafut! Read more about Jen here. Also, IAP has moved offices! Make a note of our new contact information.

November 2007: IAP is throwing 'house parties' in San Francisco, New York, Washington DC, and Seattle to bring together our incredible community of supporters and launch a new phase of demanding accountability. Contact us if you are interested in attending!

September 2007: IAP is organizing an Asia-wide campaign to bring images and voices of affected communities to the Asian Development Bank. Click here for more information.

August 2007: IAP has initiated a process to create the People’s Guide to Forced Displacement: Rights, Risks and Resistance. Click here for more information.

May 2007: The Asian Development Bank is currently updating its safeguard policies.  The IAP is providing analyses on the Involuntary Resettlement policy to an international civil society coalition monitoring this process.  Check here for more information.

ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK: A report by the Halifax Initiative, with contributions from the IAP, that outlines civil society’s concerns with the International Finance Corporation’s influential new policy framework based on “Performance Standards.” 

The STRATEGIC GUIDE TO THE INSPECTION PANEL discusses ways to maximize the impact of filing an Inspection Panel claim to the World Bank as one part of a broader advocacy strategy.

DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY offers a comprehensive assessment of an innovative process through which local people can hold the World Bank accountable for the environmental and social impacts of its lending decisions. Read a review of Demanding Accountability.
     • La edición española de 'Derecho A Exiger Respuestas' está ahora disponsible!

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Every year, millions of people around the world are forcibly uprooted in the name of 'development' and 'progress.'

The International Accountability Project (IAP) challenges unjust displacement by exposing and demanding accountability for the human rights impacts of development-induced displacement. We exert strategic pressure on the international banks and corporations that finance projects causing displacement, while strengthening communities' power to hold their ground and defend their fundamental human rights.

The IAP works to bring an end to unjust displacement through hard-hitting campaigns, critical research and policy analysis, popular education resources, and creative use of media and arts. In solidarity with a global network of organizations and communities, we work toward a world in which human connection to land, vibrant communities, healthy ecosystems, and democratic decision-making are not bulldozed as 'obstacles' to development, but rather are defended as the foundation for just and sustainable life on Earth.
At left, Gusba Kumari in the doorway of her home in a resettlement colony in Singrauli, India. At right, Gusba's father, Ram Narayan, with IAP's Dana Clark. Ram Narayan and Dana have been working together since 1996 in the struggle for justice and accountability in Singrauli.
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