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27 May 2021 New York, United States

"Water Under Fire": UNICEF Report Calls For End To WASH Attacks

UNICEF publishes the third in its series of reports on the devastating impacts on children caused when water and sanitation infrastructure is compromised during conflict. Urges adherence to humanitarian and human rights law as well as improved monitoring and advocacy.

8 Feb 2021 N'DJAMENA, Chad

UK Government Will Investigate Chad Water Contamination Complaint Against Mining Giant Glencore

The UK government accepted in January that issues raised in a complaint filed against UK mining firm Glencore in respect of its handling of two contamination incidents at its Badila oilfield in southern Chad “merit further examination”.The complaint, filed by three human rights groups, alleges violations of OECD guidelines and details environmental and human rights harms as well as social engagement failures by the company...

1 Oct 2020 THE HAGUE, Netherlands

Human Rights And Water Security In Our Uncertain Times

The latest in a series of guest columns written for OOSKAnews and The Water Diplomat by participants in different parts of the international water community. In this article, Tobias Schmitz discusses human rights, water security and climate change in advance of a 13 October UNDP-SIWI Water Governance Facility high-level webinar on the subject...

28 May 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland

NGO Will Advocate Integration Of Human Water, Sanitation Rights Into Governance Systems

Human Right 2 Water, a new international NGO launched in Switzerland 26 May, will provide a critical knowledge hub for the integration of human rights to water and sanitation into governance systems.Now recognised as two separate human rights, both the right to water and the right to sanitation have become integrated into the constitutions of more than 50 countries...

15 Apr 2020 TRIPOLI, Libya

Tripoli Water Shut-Off Condemned

Water is expected to return to Greater Tripoli and many parts of Libya's Western region within the next two days, Tripoli's Central Municipality announced 14 April. Water has been cut off since a 6 April armed attack on the Shwerif pumping station when valves controlling flows of the country's Great Man Made River Project were disconnected, hitting supply to over 2 million inhabitants...

30 Mar 2020 Damascus, Syria

Turkey-backed Forces Again Cut Off Water Supply in Northern Syria, Humanitarian Crisis Intensifies

Turkish-backed armed forces cut off the water supply of up to 460,000 Syrians in March, exacerbating a perilous humanitarian situation in the East of the country. Much of the population is already in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with international aid and virus testing unavailable.The United Nations has confirmed 21 March reports by residents that water had been cut off from the Alouk pump station, affecting the city and region of of Al-Hasaka...

26 Mar 2020 PARIS, France

2020 Water, Sanitation And Hygiene Barometer

International humanitarian group Solidarites International this month released its 2020 "Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Barometer" highlighting lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation with focus on Africa, where human population is set to double by 2050.The Barometer has been prepared with an aim to ensure that the 9th World Water Forum in Dakar in March 2021, the first in sub-Saharan Africa, adequately and thoroughly represents the continent’s very large populations who are at risk in fragile or crisis stricken countries...

10 Oct 2019 GENEVA, Switzerland

Water Diplomacy Talks -- "The Geneva List of Principles On The Protection Of Water Infrastructure"

Mara Tignino of Geneva Water Hubspeaks with David Duncan, Publisher, OOSKAnews in this (LINK) “Water Diplomacy Talks” video interview. The subject is the "Geneva List" of legal principles on protection of water infrastructure.Tignino, Reader at the Faculty of Law and the Institute for Environmental Sciences of the University of Geneva and Lead Legal Specialist of the Platform for International Water Law at the Geneva Water Hub, describe, 4 October, the background and rationale for the "Geneva List", the first reference document to systematize the main rules applicable to the protection of water infrastructure during armed conflicts, specifically in the conduct of hostilities, as well as in pre-conflict and post-conflict situations, setting forth good practices...

23 Jul 2019 BAGHDAD, Iraq

Basra Health Crisis, Unrest Was Attributable To Lack Of Safe Water

A new report from international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) describes last year’s hospitalization of 118,000 and associated violent protests in Basra, Iraq, as attributable to corruption and mismanagement of access to safe drinking water. “Shortsighted politicians are citing increased rainfall as the reason they do not need to urgently deal with Basra’s persistent crisis,” said Lama Fakih, acting Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, July 22...

19 Jun 2019 GENEVA, Switzerland

"Water Diplomacy Talks" - Danilo Turk, Chair of the Global High-Level Panel for Water and Peace; "We Are All Water Diplomats"!

Dr Danilo Turk, Chair of the Global High-Level Panel for Water and Peace (GHLPWP) speaks with David Duncan, Publisher, OOSKAnews in this (LINK) “Water Diplomacy Talks” audio interview. The Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace was launched in 2015 with the task of developing a set of proposals aimed at strengthening the global framework to prevent and resolve water-related conflicts, facilitating the use of water as an important factor of building peace and enhancing the relevance of water issues in national and global policy making...

23 May 2019 TRIPOLI, Libya

Libya: Tripoli Water Supply Restored After Latest Attack On Man-made River Infrastructure

Water supply to Tripoli, Lbya, was restored May 21 after having been cut-off May 19 after an attack by forces apparently loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA), averting a potential humanitarian crisis for 2.5 million people.More OOSKAnews coverage of Libya's Great Man-made RiverThe UN-backed government of Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj blamed a group that previously cut water supplies in 2017, saying its commander, Khalifa Ehnaish, belonged to Haftar’s forces, while there are also suggestions that the group was acting independently and that government was attempting to undermine support for Haftar...

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20 May 2019 MUMBAI, India

OOSKAnews Voices - "Water and Violence: Somalia"

Diana Philip, Senior Research Manager for think-tank Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) speaks with David Duncan, Publisher, OOSKAnews in this (LINK) OOSKAnewscast audio interview.This OOSKAnewscast was recorded on the occasion of the release of SFG’s fifth "Blue Peace Bulletin", “Water and Violence: Somalia” (THE FULL MAY 2019 BULLETIN CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE)...