Elevating water rights to human rights: Has it strengthened marginalized peoples’ claim for water?
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The Human Right to Water in a Global Pandemic
April 23, 2020
This blog post is an output of LawTransform’s project Elevating water rights to human rights: Has it strengthened marginalized peoples’ claim for water?. Water is undoubtedly …
Does it Matter: Constitutionalisation, Democratic Governance, and the Human Right to Water
February 12, 2020
Check out this new publication by Rebecca Schiel, Malcolm Langford, Bruce Wilson– an output of LawTransform’s project Elevating water rights to human rights: Has it …
Hvem har ansvaret for å sikre folk vann?
July 21, 2018
Mathilde Thorsen has written about water rights and the ongoing water crisis in India in Bergens Tidende. The text ask questions regarding who is in …
Water scarcity – A global problem
March 27, 2018
Vannmangel er vårt problem Mathilde Thorsen:25. mars 2018 07:00, oppdatert 23. mars 2018 12:29 I flere uker i starten av året så det ut som om at den …
Projects
LawTransform: Effects of Rights & Law
August 27, 2018
The project aims to consolidate the Centre on Law & Social Transformation (LawTransform) as a leading hub for scholarship on the use of law as …
News
LawTransform PhD course 2019
May 3, 2019
LawTransform PhD course 2019 Effects of Lawfare: Courts and law as battlegrounds for social change (14- 23 August) Practical information The course combines lectures specifically …
Homeless in São Paulo fight for drinking water
March 22, 2019
The metropolitan area of São Paulo is home to approximately 21 million people or about four times the population of Norway. Among the largest cities …
Events
Elevating water rights to human rights: World Water Day
March 16, 2021
Date: 22 March 2021 Time: 15:00-16:00 Venue: Zoom #World Water Day 2021 How does the recognition of the right to water as a human right actually …
The Right to Water in National Constitutions – Master’s Week 2021
February 26, 2021
Date: 8 March 2021 Time: 15:00-16:00 Venue: Zoom #Master’s Week 2021 Water constitutes the foundation of human life. In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly …