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Cut Out Taking Those Shortcuts

This February, in a landmark decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that financial institutions like the World Bank’s Inte...

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Wake Up World Bank

Absolute immunity leads to impunity, and that foments lack of transparency and the reluctance to be held accountable Ove...

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Press Release Peoples Movements and CSOs Welcome the US Supreme Court’s Decision on the Absolute Immunity of the IFIs

For Immediate Release Peoples Movements and Civil Society Organisations Welcome the US Supreme Court’s Decision on the...

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MASS Welcomes The US Supreme Court’s Decision To End The Immunity Of The World Bank Group

This is the first time the US Supreme Court has addressed the scope of international organisations’ immunity February 28...

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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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Today in the U.S. Supreme Court: Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

October 31, 2018, Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in Jam v. International Finance C...

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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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June 20, 2019

The Economic Times

Cut Out Taking Those Shortcuts

This February, in a landmark decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that financial institutions like the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) are not immune from the law of land, and can be held accountable for their decisions across the world. This was the first time ever a case chall...

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March 6, 2019

Joe Athialy

Wake Up World Bank

Absolute immunity leads to impunity, and that foments lack of transparency and the reluctance to be held accountable Over three decades back, it looked quite impossible to ask the World Bank to review a project approved by them, and to have a complaint mechanism inside the Bank. Yet, the struggle of...

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March 1, 2019

CFA Admin

Press Release Peoples Movements and CSOs Welcome the US Supreme Court’s Decision on the Absolute Immunity of the IFIs

For Immediate Release Peoples Movements and Civil Society Organisations Welcome the US Supreme Court’s Decision on the Absolute Immunity of the IFIs March 1, 2019, New Delhi:Peoples movements and civil society organisations from across India welcomes the US Supreme Court’s landmark judgement that...

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March 2, 2019

MASS

MASS Welcomes The US Supreme Court’s Decision To End The Immunity Of The World Bank Group

This is the first time the US Supreme Court has addressed the scope of international organisations’ immunity February 28, 2019, Mundra, Gujarat: Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan (MASS) and the affected communities by the Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Project welcomes the historic decision of the US sup...

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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 1, 2018

CFA Admin

Today in the U.S. Supreme Court: Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

October 31, 2018, Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in Jam v. International Finance Corporation (IFC), a landmark lawsuit that will decide if international organizations are absolutely immune from lawsuits in U.S. courts. International organizations like the IFC – ...

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August 21, 2018

CFA Admin

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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Cut Out Taking Those Shortcuts

Wake Up World Bank

Press Release Peoples Movements and CSOs Welcome the US Supreme Court’s Decision on the Absolute Immunity of the IFIs

MASS Welcomes The US Supreme Court’s Decision To End The Immunity Of The World Bank Group

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

Today in the U.S. Supreme Court: Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

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

Cut Out Taking Those Shortcuts

Wake Up World Bank

Press Release Peoples Movements and CSOs Welcome the US Supreme Court’s Decision on the Absolute Immunity of the IFIs

MASS Welcomes The US Supreme Court’s Decision To End The Immunity Of The World Bank Group

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

Today in the U.S. Supreme Court: Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

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

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