Letters to World Bank and IDB: Reparations for Chixoy Communities

Date: 
Wednesday, August 8, 2012

On July 25, 2012, International Rivers, the Guatemala Human Rights Commission and Rights Action sent a letter to Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of The World Bank and Mr. Luis Alberto Moren, President of The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), to address concerns over reparations for communities affected by the Chixoy Dam in Guatemala.  

The letter addresses the outstanding debt that the World Bank and the IDB have to the Maya-Achi communities that were affected by the construction of the Chixoy Dam. Read the July 25th letter.

In response to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights October 19th ruling on the Case of the Rio Negro massacres versus the State of Guatemala, International Rivers and partners sent a follow up letter to the World Bank and Inter-American Bank. This letter was signed by International Rivers, the Guatemala Human Rights Commission and Rights Action and was endorsed by 210 organizations and indivuals.