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Publication: WaSH access in US prisons

“Locked out of water: a reflection on WaSH access in US prisons”. Jesse Crosson, Ruth E. Sylvester, and Kimberly Worsham published a paper in the Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene f...
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France: Former Colonies’ Water Issues

In the former colonies integrated into the French Republic, the access to drinking water is a health and environmental emergency. Claire Hédon, Human Rights Defender, and her deputy Éric Delemar, Def...
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Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now.

Human Rights Day 2024 (10 December): Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now. Human rights can empower individuals and communities to forge a better tomorrow. By embracing and trusting the full power of...
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December 10, 2024
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Water Insecurity and Women’s Health

Anthropologists and local activists in Indonesia and Peru uncover links between water scarcity and gendered violence, and work together to lessen the harms of gender inequality. Worldwide, water inse...
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Bechtel named for fracked gas pipeline

Peace Brigades International PBI Canada report that Bechtel, the U.S. Virginia-based engineering transnational corporation, defeated by Indigenous resistance in Cochabamba, Bolivia, in the historic Wa...
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Water for money? Social pricing

In the French magazin Politiques & management public 2024/2 (N° 41), Marie Tsanga Tabi* published an article titled «La tarification sociale de l’eau au regard des droits humains : vers une straté...
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Human Rights and the Environment

Ahead of the 57th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC57), taking place in Geneva from 9 September to 9 October 2024, the Geneva Environment Network and its partners convened an informatio...
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