AfDB Independent Recourse Mechanism Benchmark | Accountability Console

AfDB Independent Recourse Mechanism

May rejected complaints be revised and refiled?

Yes

Benchmark Category

Refiling of Complaints/Additional Complaints

Date of Policy Review

Jun, 2021

Page Updated On:

April 27, 2022, 5 p.m.

Citations

2021 Operating Rules and Procedures (ORP); p. 3, section para. 13(f)

Notes

Complaints regarding matters over which the IRM has already reached a decision [are ineligible], unless justified by clear and compelling new evidence or circumstances not known at the time of the prior Complaint.

How do other IAMs compare?

IAM	Answer
DEG/FMO/PR Independent Complaints Mechanism	Unknown
UNDP Social and Environmental Compliance Unit	Yes
UNDP Stakeholder Response Mechanism	Yes
OPIC Office of Accountability	Yes
EBRD Project Complaint Mechanism	Yes
ADB Special Project Facilitator and Compliance Review Panel	Yes
IDB Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism	Yes
AFD Environmental and Social Complaints Mechanism	Yes
EIB Complaints Mechanism	Unknown
EBRD Independent Project Accountability Mechanism	Yes
GCF Independent Redress Mechanism	Yes
WB Inspection Panel	Yes
WB Accountability Mechanism	Yes
AIIB Project-affected People’s Mechanism	Yes
IKI Compliance Mechanism	Yes
IFC Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman	Yes

Does this policy correlate with complaint outcomes?

Complaint Status

Eligibility

Dispute Resolution

Compliance Review