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  1. Here to stay: Water remunicipalisation as a global trend

    • Satoko Kishimoto, Emanuele Lobina, Olivier Petitjean
    13 November 2014
    Report

    In the last 15 years there have been at least 180 cases of water remunicipalisation in 35 countries, both in the global North and South, including high profile cases in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa.

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    Gestion de l'eau : le secteur public gagne du terrain

    Jean Michel Gradt
    27 November 2014
    In the media
    La remunicipalisation de l’eau est un phénomène global et en plein essor. Plus de 180 villes et collectivités de 35 pays ont repris au privé le contrôle de leurs services d'eau, relève un rapport publié jeudi.

  3. Human right to water and development cooperation

    Satoko Kishimoto
    31 January 2016
    Article

    UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation is preparing a report on development cooperation and the human rights to water and sanitation. The focus of the report will be on the human rights obligations of bilateral and multilateral donors in extending grants and loans, providing technical and programming support and policy advice to developing countries. The report will examine existing policies and their guidance on human rights to explore to what extent existing policies and approaches reflect human rights and how these are implemented in practice. The Special Rapporteur, Leo Heller encouraged civil society organisations to answer the guided questions. The undersigned water justice organisations submitted the following contribution to the Special Rapporteur.