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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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Report: History RePPPeated: How PPPs are Failing

Public-Private Partnerships — or PPPs — are increasingly being promoted as a way to finance development projects. This r...

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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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Symposium on India’s Engagements and Experiences with Accountability Mechanisms of MDBs: A Report

This year, the Inspection Panel, the accountability mechanism of the World Bank, is completing 25 years. The World Bank’...

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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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Are Gujarat farmers likely to succeed against IFC?

BloombergQuint The Fineprint | Are Gujarat farmers likely to succeed against World Bank’s lending arm IFC – Intern...

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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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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 ...

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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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July 14, 2021

CFA Admin

Report: History RePPPeated: How PPPs are Failing

Public-Private Partnerships — or PPPs — are increasingly being promoted as a way to finance development projects. This report gives an in-depth, evidence-based analysis of the impact of 10 PPP projects, including two from India, that have taken place across four continents and in both developed and ...

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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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October 6, 2018

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Symposium on India’s Engagements and Experiences with Accountability Mechanisms of MDBs: A Report

This year, the Inspection Panel, the accountability mechanism of the World Bank, is completing 25 years. The World Bank’s failure to comply with its operating policies was seen by the entire world in the Bank’s financing of the Sardar Sarovar Dam project on River Narmada. In the 1980s, the tenacity ...

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November 20, 2018

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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 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

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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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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March 11, 2026

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Are Gujarat farmers likely to succeed against IFC?

BloombergQuint The Fineprint | Are Gujarat farmers likely to succeed against World Bank’s lending arm IFC – International Finance Corporation? Vermont Law School’s John Echeverria & CFA’s Joe Athialy share their views.

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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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September 7, 2019

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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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US Supreme Court to Consider Immunity for IOs

Report: History RePPPeated: How PPPs are Failing

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

Symposium on India’s Engagements and Experiences with Accountability Mechanisms of MDBs: A Report

Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

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

Challenging Legal Impunity Granted to IFIs

Are Gujarat farmers likely to succeed against IFC?

MASS Welcomes US Supreme Court’s Decision on IFC Case

US Supreme Court Ends Immunity of The World Bank Group

US Supreme Court to Consider Immunity for IOs

Report: History RePPPeated: How PPPs are Failing

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

Symposium on India’s Engagements and Experiences with Accountability Mechanisms of MDBs: A Report

Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

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

Challenging Legal Impunity Granted to IFIs

Are Gujarat farmers likely to succeed against IFC?

MASS Welcomes US Supreme Court’s Decision on IFC Case

US Supreme Court Ends Immunity of The World Bank Group