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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...
10 Nov 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland
The Harmful Environmental Impacts Of War
A new, jointly-produced report from a diverse group of organisations working on human rights, peacebuilding and environmental issues has been launched to demonstrate the breadth and complexity of conflict-linked environmental harm.Case studies from Iraq, Syria, Colombia, Yemen, Ukraine, Laos DPR and Senegal direct attention to the environment in relation to armed conflict...
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...
12 May 2020 GENEVA, Switzerand
Water Diplomacy Voices: COVID-19 Shows Why Protecting Water In Conflict is Vital
Access to water is critical for civilians in conflict zones. Yet all too often, water infrastructure is damaged or deliberately targeted. In an effort to strengthen the norms intended to protect water supplies in conflicts, the Geneva Water Hub (GWH) recently published the Geneva List of Principles on the Protection of Water Infrastructure...
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...
15 Sep 2019 GENEVA, Switzerland
Water Diplomacy Talks -- "The Geneva List of Principles On The Protection Of Water Infrastructure"
Mara Tignino of Geneva Water Hub speaks 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, describes 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...