{"id":44969,"date":"2018-10-29T14:33:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T13:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/?p=44969"},"modified":"2018-10-30T18:35:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T17:35:40","slug":"us-supreme-court-to-hear-case-challenging-ifcs-claim-to-absolute-immunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/2018\/10\/us-supreme-court-to-hear-case-challenging-ifcs-claim-to-absolute-immunity\/","title":{"rendered":"US Supreme Court to hear case challenging IFC\u2019s claim to absolute immunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"de\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; background-color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/News?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#News<\/a> Lens: Supreme Court preview: is the World Bank Group above the law?<\/span> <\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XTomoe187x\">https:\/\/t.co\/XTomoe187x<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 Bretton Woods Proj. (@brettonwoodspr) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brettonwoodspr\/status\/1057252903654748161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">30. Oktober 2018<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-lang=\"de\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The World Bank Group was created to lift people out of poverty. But what happens when its investments harm the people it was created to help?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Our case against the IFC, the bank&#8217;s private lending arm, goes to <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SCOTUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SCOTUS<\/a> this Wednesday. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Case preview: <\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1cm3ZEs58x\">https:\/\/t.co\/1cm3ZEs58x<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QT7kEh3wCe\">pic.twitter.com\/QT7kEh3wCe<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 EarthRights Intl. (@EarthRightsIntl) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EarthRightsIntl\/status\/1056904911626141696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">29. Oktober 2018<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"de\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Interesting thread by <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MPaparinskis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MPaparinskis<\/a> offering a \u201ageneralist\u2018 perspective on ICJ judges sitting in investment cases <\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/59cOBdZsrE\">https:\/\/t.co\/59cOBdZsrE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 Christian J. Tams (@CJTams) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJTams\/status\/1056879052206813185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">29. Oktober 2018<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"de\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On Wed <a style=\"color: #000000; background-color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SCOTUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SCOTUS<\/a> will hear <a style=\"color: #000000; background-color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EarthRightsIntl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EarthRightsIntl<\/a> case against IFC&#8217;s claim of absolute immunity in the Tata Mundra coal-fired power plant case.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Last September we published an article looking at the case in our <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ObserverSum18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ObserverSum18<\/a>: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Izh7BdHDv9\">https:\/\/t.co\/Izh7BdHDv9<\/a><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IFC_org?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IFC_org<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 Bretton Woods Proj. (@brettonwoodspr) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brettonwoodspr\/status\/1056855664306339840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">29. Oktober 2018<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftagesschau%2Fvideos%2F2064033877239963%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fasylkoordination%2Fposts%2F1953093214758230&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"548\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">mmmmmm<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"de\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>EU targets garment workers, not Burmese military, over human rights violations. A commentary by our Director <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkFarmaner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarkFarmaner<\/a> <\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GtrWuBJ25j\">https:\/\/t.co\/GtrWuBJ25j<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 Burma Campaign UK (@burmacampaignuk) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burmacampaignuk\/status\/1057224472858648576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">30. Oktober 2018<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"de\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Thank you <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HelenGoodmanMP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HelenGoodmanMP<\/a> for raising the case of imprisoned Reuters journalists and the need for UK <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jeremy_Hunt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jeremy_Hunt<\/a> to support UN recommendation to refer Burma\/Myanmar to the ICC <\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9ixRWdRAiK\">https:\/\/t.co\/9ixRWdRAiK<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 Burma Campaign UK (@burmacampaignuk) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burmacampaignuk\/status\/1057284716800495618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">30. Oktober 2018<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"de\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Even legal citizenship- and residency-by-investment programmes are full of <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/corruption?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#corruption<\/a> risks. Bulgaria is one of the countries offering these <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/goldenvisa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#goldenvisa<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TZUuYU6cGo\">https:\/\/t.co\/TZUuYU6cGo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 Transparency Int&#8217;l (@anticorruption) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anticorruption\/status\/1057302174319951873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">30. Oktober 2018<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"de\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ICYMI &#8211; Seven Reasons Why Feminists Say No to World Bank-IMF Neoliberalism from <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/apwld?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@apwld<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JENfddFyHQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/JENfddFyHQ<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n2EvbMvhY7\">pic.twitter.com\/n2EvbMvhY7<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 GAD Network (@GAD_Network) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GAD_Network\/status\/1055818588316229633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">26. Oktober 2018<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"de\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In a few minutes, <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SUJATADEY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SUJATADEY<\/a> is on red eye, to talk about the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USMCA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USMCA<\/a> and what it means for people and the planet.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fGlhsanhpF\">https:\/\/t.co\/fGlhsanhpF<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 Council of Canadians (@CouncilofCDNs) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CouncilofCDNs\/status\/1056244405181521920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">27. Oktober 2018<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"de\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Excited to talk about <a style=\"color: #000000; background-color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nestle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Nestle<\/a>, the <a style=\"color: #000000; background-color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Right2water?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Right2water<\/a> and other <a style=\"color: #000000; background-color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/water?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#water<\/a> issues at the <a style=\"color: #000000; background-color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CorporatizingCanada?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CorporatizingCanada<\/a> book launch<\/span> on Monday, October 29 in <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Montreal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Montreal<\/a> . Join us &#8211; it&#8217;s going to be great! <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7J65LOKZzP\">https:\/\/t.co\/7J65LOKZzP<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JMnSLB6Lls\">pic.twitter.com\/JMnSLB6Lls<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 Emma Lui (@EmmLui) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmLui\/status\/1054852467509219328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">23. Oktober 2018<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"de\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This Halloween, join the Nestl\u00e9 Boycott! <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CouncilofCDNs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CouncilofCDNS<\/a><\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r0HAgOlFx8\">https:\/\/t.co\/r0HAgOlFx8<\/a><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Nestl\u00e9 has taken more than 1.5 billion liters of groundwater on expired permits in Ontario<\/span> \ud83d\ude41<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 Sue Hegedus (@SueHegedus) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SueHegedus\/status\/1056506239339954176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">28. Oktober 2018<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"de\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>It is not an extraordinary situation. The distance between Indonesia and Singapore is less than 12 Nm. Post UNCLOS 1982, both States extended 12 Nm territorial sea and constituted overlapping claims. The two States negotiated and agreed roughly equidistant line 1973. <\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CNyXbvvYyE\">https:\/\/t.co\/CNyXbvvYyE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 damos agusman (@damos_agusman) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/damos_agusman\/status\/1056495376650227717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">28. Oktober 2018<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"de\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Saudi Arabia executes Indonesian migrant worker Tuti Tursilawati, reportedly without prior notice to Ind authorities<\/span>. 4th such execution since 2011. Public response in Ind has varied widely: firestorm of criticism in 2011; muted in 2015 in midst of drugs executions in Indonesia <\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KwnQdquTPy\">https:\/\/t.co\/KwnQdquTPy<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 Dave McRae (@_DaveMcRae_) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_DaveMcRae_\/status\/1057158802770821120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">30. Oktober 2018<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"de\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">FWIW, my interview with Mr Ri of the social sciences academy. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KwPvL70T3G\">https:\/\/t.co\/KwPvL70T3G<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 eric talmadge (@EricTalmadge) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricTalmadge\/status\/1056879085828198400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">29. Oktober 2018<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#News Lens: Supreme Court preview: is the World Bank Group above the law? https:\/\/t.co\/XTomoe187x<br \/>\n\u2014 Bretton Woods Proj. (@brettonwoodspr) 30. Oktober 2018<\/p>\n<p>The World Bank Group was created to lift people out of poverty. But what happens when its investments harm the people it was created to help?<br \/>\nOur case against the IFC, the bank&#8217;s private lending arm, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44969"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44969"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44982,"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44969\/revisions\/44982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}