ADB’s Commitment to Zero Tolerance on Reprisals Meets Uzbekistan’s Reality of Fear and Silence
Safeguards exist on paper, but are development banks prepared to confront the political realities that prevent those safeguards from functioning in practice? The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) “zero tolerance” policy on reprisals against activists and communities is an important step forward to strengthen the protection of those who monitor and report on rights violations related…
