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Press Release: Historic Supreme Court Win: WB Group Is Not Above The Law

For Immediate Release February 27, 2019 New Delhi: In a historic 7-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in Jam ...

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For Gujarat Fishermen Fighting World Bank, Donald Trump And US Supreme Court Are Unlikely Allies

The Mundra residents hope the US top court will allow them to sue the World Bank’s IFC, which partly funded Tata Group’s...

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Suing the World Bank Group to save its mission

In 2015, farmers and fishworkers from rural India sued the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C., over impacts from a dis...

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Court Quiet, but Potentially Skeptical, on Immunity for International Organisations

The Supreme Court heard oral argument this morning in a dispute over immunity for the International Finance Corporation,...

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Tata Mundra UMPP: A History of Violations & Peoples’ Resistance

Bharat Patel, General Secretary, Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan, narrating the history of violations by the IFC, T...

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The IFC has not always practised what it preaches

In the run-up to this week’s Supreme Court hearing, the IFC has announced a series of new policy reforms that strengthen...

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US Supreme Court to Consider Immunity for IOs

The plaintiffs contend that the plant’s construction caused saltwater to leach into the local groundwater. They say that...

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Update: Tata Mundra, a Story of Violations, Non-Compliance & Impunity

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project India is part of an ambitious plan, which saw the building of several coal-based th...

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U.S. Government Opposes “Absolute” Immunity for World Bank Group

For Immediate Release U.S. Government Opposes “Absolute” Immunity for World Bank Group in Brief to SCOTUS Washi...

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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 Immuni...

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March 2, 2019

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Press Release: Historic Supreme Court Win: WB Group Is Not Above The Law

For Immediate Release February 27, 2019 New Delhi: In a historic 7-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in Jam v. IFC that international organizations like the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group do not enjoy absolute immunity. The Court’s decision marks a defining mom...

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November 21, 2018

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For Gujarat Fishermen Fighting World Bank, Donald Trump And US Supreme Court Are Unlikely Allies

The Mundra residents hope the US top court will allow them to sue the World Bank’s IFC, which partly funded Tata Group’s thermal power project. NEW DELHI–Villagers fighting against a controversial Tata Group thermal power plant in Mundra in Gujarat are looking to the US Supreme Court to decide...

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November 20, 2018

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Suing the World Bank Group to save its mission

In 2015, farmers and fishworkers from rural India sued the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C., over impacts from a disastrous coal-fired power plant project that they said destroyed their livelihoods and damaged their health. Last week, their lawsuit made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. While the Wo...

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November 5, 2018

Amy Howe

Court Quiet, but Potentially Skeptical, on Immunity for International Organisations

The Supreme Court heard oral argument this morning in a dispute over immunity for the International Finance Corporation, an international organization that makes loans to private businesses to finance projects in developing countries. The plaintiffs in the case, a group of farmers and fishermen, liv...

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March 11, 2026

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Tata Mundra UMPP: A History of Violations & Peoples’ Resistance

Bharat Patel, General Secretary, Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan, narrating the history of violations by the IFC, Tata Mundra Power Plant and Peoples’ Resistance to it. The MAAS filed a case in the US federal courts against the IFC and other International Financial Institutions. The US Su...

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November 1, 2018

Kirk Herbertson

The IFC has not always practised what it preaches

In the run-up to this week’s Supreme Court hearing, the IFC has announced a series of new policy reforms that strengthen its social and environmental commitments, an effort that is undoubtedly motivated in part by a desire to look its best before the court. These reforms look good on paper and are w...

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October 26, 2018

Amy Howe

US Supreme Court to Consider Immunity for IOs

The plaintiffs contend that the plant’s construction caused saltwater to leach into the local groundwater. They say that the plant’s ‘cooling system discharges thermal pollution into the sea, killing off marine life on which fishermen rely for their income. In recent years, the Supreme Court has cut...

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September 18, 2025

Anuradha Munshi

Update: Tata Mundra, a Story of Violations, Non-Compliance & Impunity

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project India is part of an ambitious plan, which saw the building of several coal-based thermal power stations to meet India’s energy needs. Located on the western coast of India, in Gujarat, spanning 72 kilometres covering 10 coastal settlements, it is strategically lo...

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August 21, 2018

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U.S. Government Opposes “Absolute” Immunity for World Bank Group

For Immediate Release U.S. Government Opposes “Absolute” Immunity for World Bank Group in Brief to SCOTUS Washington, D.C., August 1, 2018 – Late yesterday, the U.S. Government urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court decision holding that the international organizations like t...

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May 24, 2018

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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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Press Release: Historic Supreme Court Win: WB Group Is Not Above The Law

For Gujarat Fishermen Fighting World Bank, Donald Trump And US Supreme Court Are Unlikely Allies

Suing the World Bank Group to save its mission

Court Quiet, but Potentially Skeptical, on Immunity for International Organisations

Tata Mundra UMPP: A History of Violations & Peoples’ Resistance

The IFC has not always practised what it preaches

US Supreme Court to Consider Immunity for IOs

Update: Tata Mundra, a Story of Violations, Non-Compliance & Impunity

U.S. Government Opposes “Absolute” Immunity for World Bank Group

MASS Welcomes US Supreme Court’s Decision on IFC Case

Press Release: Historic Supreme Court Win: WB Group Is Not Above The Law

For Gujarat Fishermen Fighting World Bank, Donald Trump And US Supreme Court Are Unlikely Allies

Suing the World Bank Group to save its mission

Court Quiet, but Potentially Skeptical, on Immunity for International Organisations

Tata Mundra UMPP: A History of Violations & Peoples’ Resistance

The IFC has not always practised what it preaches

US Supreme Court to Consider Immunity for IOs

Update: Tata Mundra, a Story of Violations, Non-Compliance & Impunity

U.S. Government Opposes “Absolute” Immunity for World Bank Group

MASS Welcomes US Supreme Court’s Decision on IFC Case