@genevaenvironmentnetwork.orgUN SR #WaterSanitation recommends:
🔸 a global public registry of complaints concerning acts and strategies in which water is weaponized
🔸 for Security Council to include this issue on its priority agenda
🔸 strengthening ICC & ICJ
🔸 cross-fertilization among regional human rights courts
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.orgAs violence related to water has surged in recent years, UN SR #WaterSanitation dedicates the policy brief to providing cases of water being weaponized:
🔸 withholding water through infrastructure destruction
🔸 turning water into an agent of harm
🔸 making water dangerous to reach
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.orgThe GEN is at Policy Brief launch, "The Weaponization of Water" by SR #WaterSanitation Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, putting forward key recommendations to strengthen prevention, protection of civilians, water resources & sanitation infrastructure during conflict.
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.orgThe GEN is at Policy Brief launch of "Aquatic ecosystems and rights to #WaterSanitation in Amazon" by SR WatSan Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, as he proposes a new approach to progress based on sustainability, human rights and rights of #IndigenousPeoples.
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.orgIn the face of what he calls the UN's "institutional weakness" in global water governance, SR #WaterSanitation proposed exploring a framework convention on water governance, that is committing to a human rights-based approach to the governance of water and aquatic ecosystems.
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@genevaenvironmentnetwork.orgRaising concerns about World Bank- & multilateral banks-backed water privatization & public-private partnerships that shift risks onto public, SR #WaterSanitation cautioned against financialization of water & ecosystems, calling for adopting "human rights-based financial strategies".
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.orgEmphasizing the responsibility of UN, to monitor, uphold & promote effective fulfilment of human rights, including to #WaterSanitation. He called for stronger use of UN treaty bodies, Special Procedures & UPR, and closer links with regional HR courts to improve accountability.
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.orgOther key messages include:
🔸 Include #RightToSanitation in fight against pollution
🔸 Apply principle of priority
🔸 Creating public financial platforms focused on #WaterSanitation needs
🔸 Strengthen existing community mgt. models
🔸 Eradicate caste-based discrimination (2/2)
