The World Bank President's recently expressed concerns regarding the involuntary resettlement-related impacts of some of the Bank's projects...Now the question is whether the Bank is prepared...to address this issue...Failure...to take steps to require respect for human rights by projects it funds is especially risky with respect to projects involving resettlement. Particularly in projects in emerging economies where many livelihoods are land and natural resource-based..., resettlement presents significant risks to a number of human rights, including rights to: water; adequate standard of living...; property; education; health; etc...[T]he Bank's failure to explicitly integrate human rights into its safeguards represents a serious threat to the effectiveness and...success of its action plan. Therefore..., it should take the opportunity of its current safeguards review process to bring them into alignment with the UNGPs and industry best practice...