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	<title>International Water Law Project Blog &#187; Human Rights</title>
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		<title>2013 – International Year of Water Cooperation</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2013/03/18/2013-international-year-of-water-cooperation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2013/03/18/2013-international-year-of-water-cooperation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following post is by Dr. Salman M.A. Salman, an academic researcher and consultant on water law and policy and a Fellow with the International Water Resources Association. Until December 2009, Dr. Salman served as Lead Counsel and Water Law Adviser with the Legal Vice Presidency of the World Bank. He can be reached at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Botswana Court Awards Kalahari Bushmen Water Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2011/01/28/botswana-court-awards-kalahari-bushmen-water-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After eight years of litigation, on January 27, 2011, the Kalahari Bushmen of Botswana won the right to access borehole water in their ancestral lands located in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The victory came when a court of appeals unanimously struck down a lower court ruling that had denied the Bushmen access to the borehole.]]></description>
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		<title>UNGA Declares Water a Human Right &#8230; Which means what?</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2010/07/30/unga-declares-water-a-human-right-which-means-what/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2010/07/30/unga-declares-water-a-human-right-which-means-what/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just a few days ago, on 28 July, the UN General Assembly declared the obvious – “the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation [is] a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights.” I say “the obvious” because there seems to be little argument that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why do so many governments oppose a human right to water?</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2009/08/03/why-do-so-many-governments-oppose-a-human-right-to-water/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2009/08/03/why-do-so-many-governments-oppose-a-human-right-to-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water and Economics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The voices championing a human right to water seem to be getting louder, and many national governments are being openly chastised for a lack of leadership, vision, and responsibility .]]></description>
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		<title>In memory of Fadia Daibes Murad</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2009/05/17/in-memory-of-fadia-daibes-murad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 14:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Conflicts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, friends and colleagues commemorated the life of Fadia Daibes Murad, a Palestinian water law and policy expert who died in a car crash on her way back to Ramallah from the World Water Forum in Istanbul, Turkey.]]></description>
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		<title>Bond Fights Evil Corporate Water Company</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2009/05/05/bond-fights-evil-corporate-water-company/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2009/05/05/bond-fights-evil-corporate-water-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 18:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Crisis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I cannot say that such possibilities do not concern me or that all corporations working in the water sector have evil intent. Yet, unregulated private ownership of one of the most important components of life is quite troubling.]]></description>
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		<title>Friends of the Earth Middle East and World Bank’s report on restrictions on Palestinian water sector</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2009/04/25/friends-of-the-earth-middle-east-and-world-bank%e2%80%99s-report-on-restrictions-on-palestinian-water-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2009/04/25/friends-of-the-earth-middle-east-and-world-bank%e2%80%99s-report-on-restrictions-on-palestinian-water-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) issued statement "Water Being Held Hostage to the Conflict" in response to the recently released World Bank report Assessment of Restrictions on Palestinian Water Sector Development.]]></description>
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		<title>US Politicians Introduce Water for the World Act</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2009/04/23/us-politicians-introduce-water-for-the-world-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2009/04/23/us-politicians-introduce-water-for-the-world-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/?p=74</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[US Politicians Introduce Water for the World Act]]></description>
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		<title>Water marketing vs. human rights</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2009/04/18/water-marketing-vs-human-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2009/04/18/water-marketing-vs-human-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water and Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Crisis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/?p=65</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two recent articles in The Economist – Water: Sin aqua non and Water rights: Awash in waste – suggest that the solution to world’s water problem is to improve efficiency. The articles explain, rightly, that “there is, globally, no shortage of water” and point at wasteful practices, especially in the agricultural sector, as a chief [...]]]></description>
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