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Germany's state-owned KfW bank linked to rights violations
['Nik Martin']
Deutsche Welle
Instead of uplifting communities, a new report says investments fail to protect human rights and silence those who speak out.
A new report on KfW Bank’s human rights record says these aren't just hypotheticals; they're real risks and they're not being handled well enough.
Marc Fodor, campaign coordinator at the Coalition for Human Rights in Development, thinks for KfW, social issues are "just an add-on" to business deals.
That means establishing an independent accountability mechanism across all its international operations with clear human rights safeguards.
The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, for example, publishes detailed environmental and social assessments online.
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