Re: Thursday’s Board Meeting and the World Bank Inspection Panel

The authors express concern that allowing the World Bank's General Counsel to opine on specific Inspection Panel recommendations undermines the Panel's independence and creates a conflict of interest, as the General Counsel's office also supports Bank Management.

• The authors argue that allowing the General Counsel to opine on the Inspection Panel's findings of eligibility is an "incursion into the Panel process" that contradicts established practice and threatens the Panel's independence.
• The involvement of the Office of the General Counsel is viewed as a conflict of interest because the same office provides legal support to Bank Management when preparing responses to claims.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2011). Re: Thursday’s Board Meeting and the World Bank Inspection Panel. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Zoellick_2Feb11.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. Re: Thursday’s Board Meeting and the World Bank Inspection Panel. 2011. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Zoellick_2Feb11.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Center for International Environmental Law |title=Re: Thursday’s Board Meeting and the World Bank Inspection Panel |date=1 February 2011 |url=https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Zoellick_2Feb11.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2011thursdays, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{Re: Thursday’s Board Meeting and the World Bank Inspection Panel}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2011}, month = feb, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Zoellick_2Feb11.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }