Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Timeline: 60-Register (English)

...Request for Inspection received by Secretariat September 4, 2009 2. Request Registered September 24, 2009 3. Notice of Registration with the Request sent to September 24, 2009 the President 4. Notice of Registration sent to: 5. Requesters 6. Executive Directors September 24, 2009 7. Notice of Registration put on the Inspection Panel September 24, 2009 website 8. Executive Director representing country ...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Registration: 60-Notice of Registration (English)

...Requesters “requested the urgent intervention of the World Bank Management in their case.” With subsequent letters to the Bank, the Requesters asked about the applicability of Bank’s safeguards policies and requested again urgent actions due to further eviction notices received by community residents. Urgency of Request The Requesters state that they welcome the Bank’s efforts since February 2009 but note that “the harm caused by seven years of inadequate supervision of the project has i...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Filing: 60-Request for Inspection (English)

...requested the urgent intervention of the World Bank management in their case. On 14 August, a letter was sent by the Cambodian Housing Rights Task Force to the World Bank Country Director and LMAP Task Team Leader requesting clarification about the applicability of the LMAP Environmental and Social Guidelines and the Resettlement Policy Framework to the Boeung Kak case. This letter again requested that the World Bank intervene urgently in the Boeung Kak case due to the eviction notice issued ...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Eligibility: 60-Final Eligibility Report (English)

...Request for Inspection on September 24, 2009. Management submitted its Response to the Request on November 2, 2009 1. 3. A Panel team visited Cambodia from November 16 - 19, 2009, to determine the eligibility of the Request for Inspection. On December 2, 2009, the Panel submitted its Report and Recommendation to the Executive Directors 2. The Panel found the Request and the Requesters eligible but at that time refrained from making a recomme...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Other: 60- Press Release (English)

...President, Robert Zoellick. The Panel Investigation was conducted in response to a Request for Inspection submitted on September 4, 2009, by NGOs on behalf of residents in the Boeung Kak Lake area of central Phnom Penh, who have been forcibly resettled by the Phnom Penh Municipality and a private developer to make way for a new development. The Inspection Panel Report focused on whether the Bank has complied with its own policies including Resettlement Policies during the design, implementation ...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Eligibility: 60-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ 09/08 (the Request), concerning the Cambodia Land Management and Administration Project (the Project or LMAP) financed by the International Development Association (the Bank). The Request was submitted by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) on behalf of communities claiming to have been affected by the Project (the Requesters). 2. The Board of Executive Directors and the President of the Bank were notified by the Panel of receipt of the ...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Eligibility: 60-Eligibility Report (English)

...Request 9. What follows is a summary of the Request for Inspection. The Request is attached to this Report as Annex I4. 10. Land Titles and Evictions The Requesters represent communities in the BKL area within the Sras Chok ‘commune’ in Phnom Penh. According to the Request, following public notice that the commune area would become an adjudication zone for purposes of land registration under the LMAP, the residents of the BKL communities re...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Management Response: 60-Management Response (English)

...REQUEST 3. The Request was submitted by representatives of a commune of the Municipality of Phnom Penh (MPP). The representatives, together with the people they represent, are collectively referred to as “the Requesters” or “REP” in this Response. The Requesters asked the Panel to keep confidential their names, the names of the people they represent and the name of the community. 4. Confidentiality of Requesters, communities and sources. At their request, the names of the Requesters ...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Compliance Report: 60-Investigation Report (English)

...Requests After the Panel receives a Request for Inspection, it is processed as follows: • The Panel decides whether the Request is prima facie not barred from Panel consideration. • The Panel registers the Request—a purely administrative procedure. • The Panel sends the Request to Bank Management, which has 21 working days to respond to the allegations of the Requesters. • The Panel then conducts a short 21 working-day assessment to determine the eligibili...