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PHC (FERONIA)

Issues

Consultation and disclosure

Description: Complaint raises concerns regarding inadequate or absent consultation about or disclosure of project information, including project impacts and/or mitigation plans.

Complaints with this Issue: 537

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Displacement (physical and/or economic)

Description: Complaint raises concerns about physical relocation, loss of shelter, and/or loss of assets that relate to income or livelihood.

Complaints with this Issue: 494

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Human rights

Description: Complaint frames concerns using the language of human rights violations.

Complaints with this Issue: 66

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Violence against the community

Description: Complaint raises concerns about incidents of violence against community members or activists perpetrated by the project company, government, public or private security forces, or other individuals acting on behalf of project proponents.

Complaints with this Issue: 51

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Sectors

Agribusiness

Description: Project relates to the agricultural industry, including smallholder operations. Examples may include support for production, distribution, capacity building, and access to credit.

Complaints in this Sector: 102

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Project

Name: PHC (FERONIA)

Investments: DEG feronia

Client: Plantations et Huileries du Congo SA

Support: Loans

Country: Democratic Republic of Congo

Complaint

IAM: Independent Complaints Mechanism (ICM)

ID: 18-002

Date Filed: Nov. 5, 2018

Status: Monitoring

Description

Plantations et Huileries du Congo SA (PHC) is a Congolese company which operates three long-established oil palm plantations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) close to the river Congo. PHC produces mainly crude palm oil and palm kernel oil for the domestic market. The complaint covers three areas of concern: the legitimacy of the land titles of the plantation and alleged deprivation of the use of customary land (1), alleged physical and human rights abuses by PHC security guards and police (2) and the lack of information and legal support of communities in negotiations with PHC (3). The complainants have requested to conduct a dispute resolution and mediation process with the aim of resolving the land dispute and seeking to address any consequent impacts on poverty and alleged harassment and human rights abuses.

Complaint Stages

Filing

Nov. 5, 2018

Filing

Status:

Start Date: Nov. 5, 2018

Registration

Nov. 5, 2018 -

Nov. 30, 2018

Registration

Status: Closed Without Output

Start Date: Nov. 5, 2018

End Date: Nov. 30, 2018

Eligibility

Nov. 30, 2018 -

Jan. 7, 2019

Eligibility

Status: Closed Without Output

Start Date: Nov. 30, 2018

End Date: Jan. 7, 2019

Dispute Resolution

Dec. 6, 2019 -

March 24, 2023

Dispute Resolution

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Dec. 6, 2019

End Date: March 24, 2023

Compliance Review

Not Undertaken

Compliance Review

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Complaint not yet reached stage, Dispute Resolution in progress

Has Compliance Report: No

Non-Compliance Found: No

Monitoring

March 24, 2023

Monitoring

Status: In Progress

Start Date: March 24, 2023

Closed

Not Closed

Timeline

Commitments

Type Category Description Status
Unknown Unknown Agreement not published Planned