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The Democracy Center remember the victory of the people of Cochabamba, Bolivia, in their now-famous showdown with one of the most powerful multinational corporations in the world

New guide published by Habi Center for Environmental Rights on complaints relating to the right to water

Women human rights defenders and their supporters in Cambodia freed, following a letter sent by ESCR-Net and advocacy by other organizations

Amnesty and WASH United released a publication that gathers the evidence of the universal recognition of the human rights to water and sanitation

Housing & Land Rights Network and Habitat International Coalition publish a new report featuring civil society perspectives

The Network supports residents’ challenge to the City of Detroit’s decision to cut off water supply to thousands of households unable to pay their bills

ESCR-Net has requested leave from the U.S. District Court to be recognized as amicus curiae in support of residents challenging the City of Detroit’s decision to cut off water supply to thousands of households unable to pay their bills

On 30 June, ESCR-Net sent a letter to the Government of Mexico to urge full protection for the rights of the Yaqui indigenous people who face serious threats as a result of the development of the “Independence Aqueduct” in the state of Sonora

From 28 April to 5 May, Pakistan Fisher Folk Forum (PFF) celebrated its founding day under the theme "Impacts of Ecological Water Bodies Destruction and Livelihoods". 


This report is the culmination of a two-day experts meeting, "Macroeconomics and the Rights to Water and Sanitation," which took place in Lisbon, Portugal from March 31 to April 1, 2011.