Equal Access to Water Rights Session at WPJ MENA Rule of Law Conference
The World Justice Project (WJP) held its first major Conference in the Middle
East and North Africa (MENA) region on June 25-26, 2010, in
With the convergence of an unparalleled number of regional leaders, the MENA conference represented an unprecedented opportunity to encourage regional commitment to rule of Law, promote interdisciplinary understanding of Rule of Law and Access to Justice issues in the broadest sense (legal, political, social, and economic); and develop the cross-fertilization of different ideas among participants through the prism of national, regional, and international standards.
Equal Access to Water Rights
Session was Moderated by Dr. Walid Saleh, Regional Coordinator,
MENA, United Nations University-Institute on Water,
Environment, and Health (UNU-INWEH), UAE, and Dr. Jauad
El Kharraz, Information Manager, EMWIS Technical
Unit, Euro Mediterranean Water Information System,
Key Rule of Law Identified Issues were:
- Harmonization of MENA water laws: Water laws toolkit;
- Good water resource governance;
- Training on water law issues;
- Raising water awareness and promote access to water as a human right issue;
- Negotiation skills on transboundary waters.
For further information; please contact Dr. Walid Saleh at salehw@inweh.unu.edu, or Dr. Jauad El Kharraz at jauad.el-kharraz@semide.org
Contact information |
Dr. Walid Saleh, UNU-INWEH / Dr. Jauad El Kharraz, EMWIS
(email: salehw@inweh.unu.edu ; jauad.el-kharraz@semide.org) |
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://www.mena2010wjp.org/ |
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Source of information | The World Justice Project (WJP) |
Keyword(s) | rule of law, water right, right to water, water governance, water law, transboundary waters, human right |
Subject(s) | POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RIGHT |
Relation | http://www.worldjusticeproject.org/opportunity-fund/ |
Geographical coverage | Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, Sudan, |
News date | 22/07/2010 |