4 Chi J Intl L 201
David Hunter

This Perspective discusses the author’s work at the Center for International Environmental Law (“CIEL”). In this position, Mr. Hunter advised a variety of people affected by World Bank projects on filing claims with the World Bank Inspection Panel. Mr. Hunter was instrumental in pushing for the creation of the Panel, and worked to support project-affected people in bringing their claims. In this Perspective, Mr. Hunter discusses the process by which the Panel was created, concerns about the Panel both within and outside of the World Bank, and the process by which claims are filed and resolved. The article argues that innovations like the Panel and other accountability mechanisms represent the vanguard of a shift in international governance that reflects the demands of civil society for a greater and more direct role for nonstate actors.