Elevating water rights to human rights: Has it strengthened marginalized peoples’ claim for water?
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Publications
Water Rights Book
May 27, 2022
New book by Professor Bruce M. Wilson, University of Central Florida/CMI/LawTransform & Evelyn Villarreal F., research coordinator at the Programa Estado de la Nación The …
Democracy and public goods revisited: Local institutions, development, and access to water
February 4, 2022
Rebecca Schiel, Bruce M. Wilson, Malcolm Langford, Christopher M. Faulkner (2022) British Journal of Politics and International Relation (IF 2.422, Scopus 4.600) Democracies …
The Right to Water, Law and Municipal Practice: Case Studies from India
January 4, 2022
New article by Arkaja Singh Recognition of the right to water in Indian courts has had little impact on the ground. This paper explores the …
The Effectiveness of Harnessing Human Rights: The Struggle over the Ilısu Dam in Turkey
December 20, 2021
Güneş Murat Tezcür, Rebecca Schiel and Bruce M. Wilson (2021) …
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 …
Elevating water rights to human rights: Has it strengthened marginalized peoples’ claim for water?
March 20, 2017
Abstract: Water scarcity remains a huge problem in many countries, especially where a growing population compete with demands for water from industry and agriculture. In 2010, …
News
Water | Special Issue: Water and Sanitation as Human Rights: Have They Strengthened Marginalized Peoples’ Claim for Access?
December 13, 2021
The team working on LawTransform’s project Elevating water rights to human rights: Has it strengthened marginalized peoples’ claim for water? has created a special issue …
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 …
Events
World Water Day: Stories of Local Water Governance
March 9, 2022
Date/Time: 22 March 2022, 14:30-16:00 Venue: HF Library (UiB) and Zoom #WorldWaterDay #localwaterstories On World Water Day 2022 we want to acknowledge and celebrate the efforts …
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 …