The office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman found that the International Finance Corporation cannot guarantee that the Angostura mine will not have impacts on the environment.read more
Accountability and Transparency, Indigenous Rights | 9 August 2016
By Astrid Puentes Riaño (text originally published in Animal Político ) June 15 was a historic day. After 17 years of negotiations, the American...read more
Accountability and Transparency, Human Rights | 27 June 2016
Last year 185 environmental activists were murdered world-wide, two-thirds from Latin America, according to Global Witness. Of the ten most dangerous...read more
Accountability and Transparency, Human Rights | 24 May 2016
The organizations decry the affront to human rights in the region and urges members of the Organization of American States to fulfill their responsibility to adequately fund the Commission.read more
Accountability and Transparency, Climate Change, Human Rights | 5 January 2016
by Astrid Puentes Riaño This blog was produced in collaboration with Andrea Rodriguez, AIDA’s lead climate change attorney. During the Paris climate...read more
Accountability and Transparency, Climate Change, Large Dams | 18 December 2015
The flow of the Xingú river in the Brazilian Amazon is diminishing to a trickle, while the rainforest around it disappears. Fish and other animals...read more
Accountability and Transparency, Capacity Building, Climate Change | 10 December 2015
Financial institutions are crucial players in the global fight against climate change. In order for countries around the world to successfully pursue...read more
Accountability and Transparency, Capacity Building, Climate Change | 9 December 2015
Programme of Events - December 10, 2015 10:00 - 10:30 Press Conference (Le Bourget, Hall 5, Press Conf. Room 2). Hosted by Office of the High...read more
Accountability and Transparency, Capacity Building, Climate Change | 30 November 2015
Hundreds of world leaders gathered in Paris today to officially kick off the highly anticipated global climate talks. This is a critical moment for...read more
Accountability and Transparency, Climate Change, Public Participation | 15 September 2015
As changes in climate become more extreme, their affects are being hardest felt throughout developing countries. Since 1994, the United Nations...read more
