World Bank loan at human rights tribunal

The Center for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA) recently filed parallel complaints to the IFC's Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) and to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), on a US$400 million pulp and paper mill project in Uruguay. Complaints focus on violations of human rights law, a major international treaty on waterways, and of the IFC's own safeguard policies. The CAO recently issued a critical assessment report of the projects and has proceeded to a formal audit, while the IACHR has launched preliminary investigations requesting information from the Uruguayan government on the alleged human rights violations.

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