Official Documents
Contested press release: IDB Board of Executive Directors Discuss Yacyretá Hydroelectric Project, August 5, 2004 (IDB website)
Yacyretá Project Independent Investigation Report, February 27, 2004 (IDB Website)
Letter from IIM Panel members to Enrique Iglesias , August 31, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 41 KB)
IDB Independent Investigation Mechanism webpage on the Cana Brava project (IDB website) Also available: Español
IDB Rules and procedures relating to the establishment and functioning of the Independent Investigation Mechanism (Acrobat pdf 33KB). Also available: Español
Civil Society Analysis
Accountability Resource Guide Tools for Redressing Human Rights & Environmental Violations by International Financial Institutions, Export Credit Agencies, & Private Corporate Actors, Natalie L. Bridgeman, Esq., International Human Rights Counsel (IHRLaw website)
CEDHA's Comments on the CCRM-in Spanish
Notas de la consulta sobre el MII/CCRM en México, 27/4/05-Notes from the Mexican IIM/CCRM consultation, 4/27/2005
Briefing report: The Inter-American Development Bank’s Independent Investigation Mechanism, Bank Information Center, March 2003 (Acrobat pdf 274 KB). Also available: Español
Correspondence
BIC, Sobrevivencia letter to IDB Executive Vice President Dennis Flannery regarding review of the Independent Investigation Mechanism, July 8, 2004. Also available: Español
IDB response to July 8 letter, July 21, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 43 KB)
Response from IDB in English, September 24, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 394 KB). (Although the letter addresses complainants in Mexico, Paraguay, and Brazil, IDB did not respond in these complainants’ native languages)
Letter from NGOs and affected communities to IDB President Enrique Iglesias on the IIM, February 18, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 117 KB). Also available: Español
Response from the IDB to February 18 letter, March 14, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 244 KB).