Colloquium papers (PDF)

The Right to Water and Water Rights in a Changing World

22 September 2010, Delft • Colloquium in the framework of 30 years University for Peace. The topic is very timely: in the face of global changes, what role can law play in safeguarding basic needs and rights, including that of water?

Can law be more effectively mobilized to better protect vulnerable communities against droughts, floods and other climate related disasters? In so doing, to what extend can it contribute to world peace? As laws tend to be rigid, how can they play a more progressive role in a rapidly changing world? Currently water management is stepping away from the idea of stationarity – but what about legal issues? Are they set in stone?

Program and further information: www.hydrology.nl

Registration form | Programme folder | Persbericht

Video on UPEACE  (5 minutes)

Convenors:   Alliance for UPEACE   • UNESCO-IHE • The Netherlands National IHP Committee • CPWC • PCCP • Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO

The presentations and a report are now online:

Presentations:

Environmental protection and access to water: the challenges ahead, by Laurence Boisson de Chazournes

Water, human rights and peace, by Joyeeta Gupta and Rhodante Ahlers

Sharing Water: A Necessity for Peace in a Changing World, by Gregory Hobbs


Report (in Dutch) in H2O, the Dutch magazine on water management

List of participants


A publication on the topic, based on the lectures, will be published later this year. Let us know if you are interested in receiving a copy by sending an e-mail to info_at_hydrology.nl.