'We’ve been working towards this moment for a decade'
Today is a momentous day for all of us working on the rights to water and sanitation. The rights to water and sanitation have finally been made legally binding in international law with a resolution...
View ArticleLandmark legal decision halts gold mining in Costa Rica
What a great day! After a long and difficult campaign, community groups in Costa Rica today celebrate an environmental victory. They have just won a legal case against gold mining in Costa Rica.read more
View ArticleWater & Climate Coalition at COP16
The FAN team have a pretty unique mission amongst the thousands of delegates attending the 2010 Climate Change Summit.read more
View ArticleWater & Climate Change: will it make the agenda in Bonn?
Alex Simalabwi, from our partner Global Water Partnership, sent me an email with an update on the deliberations (or non-deliberations more like) at the UNFCCC negotiations in Bonn this week which he...
View ArticleProgress for water in UNFCCC
We are pleased to report on progress with our mission to create space for better consideration of water, within the heavy politics of climate change negotiations. read more
View ArticleHuman Rights to Water Food Energy: Bonn Nexus
When we began FAN in 2001, the human right to water and sanitation was far from secure and subject to much debate between NGOs and goverments. So it was significant to be present at BonnNexus 2011 ten...
View ArticleWater, sanitation and Rio20: the importance of rights
The importance of the rights to water and sanitation for sustainable development in paramount and must be included in the solutions at Rio+20 but recently there have been attempts to weaken human...
View ArticleProgress at High Level Meeting of Sanitation and Water for All Partnership
The Sanitation & Water for All Partnership made good progress at its recent 'High Level Meeting' convened by UNICEF at the World Bank Spring Meeting on 20 April 2012. Civil society advocaread more
View ArticleThe human right to water has a value
Please note this blog was updated on 25 April 2013 to reflect the fact the clip which is discussed was produced in 2005 and Peter Brabeck has since updated his position - that water is a human right,...
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