Focus - Réformes - droit de l'eau

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Publication de: P. Cullet & S. Koonan, Water Law in India - An Introduction to Legal Instruments (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2011). [informations détaillées (en anglais)]

Publication de la version couverture souple de P. Cullet, A. Gowlland-Gualtieri, R. Madhav & U. Ramanathan eds, Water Law for the Twenty-first Century: National and International Aspects of Water Law Reforms in India (Abingdon: Routledge, 2011). [informations détaillées (en anglais)]

Atelier sur le droit à l'assainissement en Inde. Cet atelier aura lieu à Genève les 27-28 janvier 2011. Pour plus d'informations (en anglais). [lire plus]

Rapport écrit en collaboration par Usha Ramanathan pour le Ministère de l'environnement et des forêts concernant une opération minière en Orissa par la firme Vedanta. [le texte en anglais]

Article de Usha Ramanathan 'A State of Surveillance'. [lire l'article en anglais]

Publication dans The Hindu de Usha Ramanathan's 'Implications of Registering, Tracking, Profiling', 5 avril 2010. [lire l'article en anglais]

Publication de: P. Cullet, A. Gowlland-Gualtieri, R. Madhav & U. Ramanathan eds, Water Governance in Motion: Towards Socially and Environmentally Sustainable Water Laws (New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2010). [lire plus]

Realisation of the Fundamental Right to Water in Rural Areas – Implications of the Evolving Policy Framework for Drinking Water

The fundamental right to water in rural areas is well-established in India, but the actual content of this right has not been elaborated upon in judicial decisions. There is no general drinking water legislation that would provide this missing content. This analysis of various initiatives taken by the government for rural drinking water supply finds that these initiatives do not amount to a comprehensive binding legal framework covering all the main aspects of the fundamental right to water.

Water Law in a Globalised World: the Need for a New Conceptual Framework

Water law is at a crossroads. Its basic structure and principles are being challenged by the increasingly global dimension of water issues. Yet, neither the international framework nor national water laws acknowledge the intrinsic links between the global water cycle and access to water at the local level. Water law must be reconceived around a broader understanding of water while being allowed at the same time to shed its old sectoral framework that makes little space for integration with other related areas of law such as environmental and human rights law.

Land Acquisition, Eminent Domain and the 2011 Bill

The displaced and their advocates have been campaigning for a law that will limit the coercive power of the State in taking over land. The Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 adopts some of the language and concerns from the sites of conflict. But by beginning with the premise that acquisition is inevitable and that industrialisation, urbanisation and infrastructure will have lexical priority, the LARR Bill 2011 may have gained few friends among those whom involuntary acquisition has displaced, and those for whom rehabilitation has been about promises that have seldom been kept.

Kenya: Justice Sector and the Rule of Law

The premise of this report is based on Kenya’s policy blueprint, Vision 2030, which places rule of law at the center of its goals. It was commenced at the same time as the nation was recuperating from the post-election poll, which resulted in many Kenyans expressing disappointment at the nation’s democratic institutions. The study, produced by AfriMAP and the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa, examines and makes recommendations for the following topics: justice sector and rule of law; legal and institutional framework; government track record in respect to rule of law; management of the justice system; independence of the bench and bar; criminal justice; access to justice and the role of donor agencies.