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May 24, 2018
MASS Welcomes US Supreme Court’s Decision on IFC Case
For immediate release MASS Welcomes the US Supreme Court’s Decision to Hear the Case Challenging World Bank Group Immunity This will be the first time the US Supreme Court will address the scope of international organisations’ immunity. May 21, 2018, Mundra, Gujarat: Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sanga...
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September 7, 2019
US Supreme Court Ends Immunity of The World Bank Group
In a historic 7-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court decided today in Jam v. International Finance Corporation (IFC) that international organizations like the World Bank Group can be sued in U.S. courts. The Court’s decision marks a defining moment for the IFC – the arm of the World Bank Group that le...
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August 12, 2019
What You Won’t Hear at the World Bank’s Spring Meetings Next Week
The World Bank Group will host its 2018 Spring Meetings next week, bringing together representatives of governments, banking institutions, civil society, the private sector, and academics to “discuss issues of global concern, including the world economic outlook, poverty eradication, economic devel...
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June 11, 2018
Legal Experts Urge Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging World Bank Immunity
International law and human rights law experts are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear our clients’ case, Jam v. International Finance Corporation challenging the immunity of the International Finance Corp. (IFC), the private lending arm of the World Bank Group. The Supreme Court has never before...
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December 6, 2017
Communities affected by Tata Mundra will ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear case against IFC challenging “absolute immunity”
September 27, 2017, Mundra, Gujarat: Fishing communities and farmers affected by Tata Mundra said on Friday that they would approach the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision of  U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which upheld the entitlement of the World Bank Group to “...
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