Document Type
Essay
Publication Date
2023
Abstract
This essay describes what it takes—the enormous tenacity, solidarity, courage and skill required—for communities and their civil society partners to seek recourse through the dispute resolution processes of development bank accountability mechanisms. While these mechanisms can be the crucial centerpiece of an effective strategy, their critical shortcomings mean that community advocates must often engage in Olympian advocacy gymnastics to achieve even a small measure of redress. The essay makes recommendations for strengthening community-centered accountability in development finance, so that remediation and prevention of harm become the norm, and not the rare exception.
Recommended Citation
Bugalski, Natalie and Pred, David, "Can Mediation Provide Remedy For Human Rights Violations? A Quest for Justice Using a Development Bank Accountability Mechanism" (2023). Perspectives. 4.
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/accountability-perspectives/4
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