The World Bank and human rights 2015, para. 42

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The Bank has a long, and generally unhappy, history in which human rights concerns have been linked to demands for it to impose sanctions on client States. Such demands have come from many sources, including the General Assembly, the United States of America and other Governments and a wide range of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). In principle, the Bank has rejected most such calls on the grounds that they involve politics rather than economics. In practice, however, it has occasionally succumbed to political pressure and delayed or withheld funds, albeit insisting that its actions did not amount to sanctioning.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
2015
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Other
Paragraph number
42