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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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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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Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

A fishing community in India challenges the bank’s private-lending arm in the US Supreme Court. The US Supreme Court sit...

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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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Challenging Legal Impunity Granted to IFIs

Most of the International Financial Institutions enjoy legal immunity in most of the countries. The immunity enjoyed by ...

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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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November 1, 2018

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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 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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November 20, 2018

The Nation

Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

A fishing community in India challenges the bank’s private-lending arm in the US Supreme Court. The US Supreme Court sits more than 12,000 miles from Tragadi Bandar, the patch of India’s west coast where Budha Ismail Jam has spent most of the past two decades fishing for a living. Jam’s seasonal hom...

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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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March 11, 2026

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Challenging Legal Impunity Granted to IFIs

Most of the International Financial Institutions enjoy legal immunity in most of the countries. The immunity enjoyed by IFI’s like the World Bank Group raises pertinent questions around the extent of immunity granted to these institutions to obstruct people’s fundamental right to access justic...

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

The IFC has not always practised what it preaches

Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

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

Challenging Legal Impunity Granted to IFIs

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

The IFC has not always practised what it preaches

Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

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

Challenging Legal Impunity Granted to IFIs