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Right to water

« La consécration en France d’un droit fondamental à l’eau est nécessaire ! Etude de droit comparé le démontrant »

Bien que la France soit une grande donneuse de leçons quant au respect des droits fondamentaux, elle ne consacre pas ni au rang constitutionnel, ni au rang législatif un droit fondamental à l’eau. Cette lacune aurait pu être palliée par le Conseil constitutionnel, mais celui-ci n’a adopté qu’une jurisprudence frileuse à cet égard. Les multinationales françaises de l’eau, fortes de leur pouvoir économique, luttent avec acharnement contre les lois protectrices et la reconnaissance explicite d’un tel droit dans le bloc de constitutionnalité serait la bienvenue. L’idée n’étant pas à la mode en France, une étude de droit comparé avec les Etats d’Amérique centrale et d’Amérique du sud ouvrira de nouvelles voies de réflexion pour, peut-être un jour, franchir le pas.

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Resolution on "The human right to water and sanitation" and opposition of the USA

General Assembly makes progress on the human rights to water and saniation, but only so far as the USA permits.

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Le projet de Constitution consacre le droit à l'eau !

L’Association Egyptienne des Droits Communs et le Forum pour le Droit à l’Eau dans la Région Arabe se félicitent du fait que le projet de constitution égyptienne consacre le droit à l’eau.

South Africa not protecting water as a human right

In a report released on March 11, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says that the South African government is not protecting water as a human right.

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World Water Day: Put people first in allocating scarce water resources

States should give priority to allocating water for human consumption, amid increasing water and energy demands that affect the most marginalized and vulnerable communities, says United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque.

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The Palestinians' right to water

With the approach of July 28, the fourth anniversary of the resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations recognizing the fundamental human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, it is important to give news about the future of the Palestinians'right to water.

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Kenyans have rights to safe water and sanitation on paper – now it’s time to make them a reality

At the end of a seven-day official visit to Kenya, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque, called on the Government of Kenya to transform the constitutional rights to water and sanitation into a reality for the millions of Kenyans who do not enjoy these fundamental human rights.

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Toronto Water Justice Gathering - September 8-11

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Recent publications of the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation :

Catarina de Albuquerque, the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, published this summer two very important and useful documents: a report on “Common violations of the human rights to water and sanitation”  and a “Handbook for realizing the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation”.

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Detroit, US Out of Step on Right to Water

A US bankruptcy judge, Steven Rhodes, ruling from the bench, declined to stop the city from shutting off water to people who can’t pay their bills and reportedly stated that there exists no enforceable right to free or affordable water.

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Post-2015 Monitoring for the Promotion of Equality in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sector

The Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque, Inga Winkler and Margaret L. Satterhwaite published "Measuring What We Treasure and Treasuring What We Measure: Post-2015 Monitoring for the Promotion of Equality in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sector".

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Intervention by the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation at the 27 session of the Human Rights Council

The last speech of Catarina de Albuquerque at the Human Rights Council as Special Rapporteur on the safe drinking water and sanitation: presentation of her four last reports and thanks.

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