The right to water
Water is a basic human right, not a privilege. In this category, we explore topics related to the availability, management and protection of water as a common good. Through articles, analyzes and reviews, we address the issues of privatization of water resources, the impact of climate change, local water conservation initiatives, as well as the legislative frameworks that shape our right to access clean and safe water.
The Right to Water initiative strongly condemns the negligence that led to the reappearance of nematodes (rollworms) in the water from the city water supply in Novi Sad, as well as the performance of the city leaders who drank a glass of water in front of the cameras and thus relativized the problem. The neglect and subsequent deterioration of the system led to the fact that citizens are once again receiving health-disputed drinking water, which is an inadmissible violation of the basic right to water as well as current regulations on the hygienic correctness of water. We demand urgent measures to ensure the availability of hygienically correct drinking water in terms of all physico-chemical and microbiological characteristics defined by the relevant Rulebook, as well as the full responsibility of those in charge of ensuring the public interest in water supply.
We, the undersigned scientists, hereby express our deep concern and strong opposition to the planned construction of the mini-hydroelectric power plant (MHP) "Studenica S4 - Gradina" on the Studenica River, in the city of Kraljevo, and we provide full support to the demands of citizens and their associations, and especially the citizens of Usce, for the suspension of all activities for the construction of the MHP in question, the prohibition of its construction, and the protection of the entire course of the Studenica River and its gorge.
On the occasion of World Water Day, the Network for Public Access to Water (Red Agua Pública - RAP) organized the event Public Policy and Water Justice in the Light of Water Financialization, held at the Congress of Spain.
As part of the celebration of the World Water Day, which the United Nations celebrates every March 22, the Network for Public Access to Water (Red Agua Pública - RAP)…
On the occasion of World Water Day, the Right to Water initiative, in cooperation with the Liberated Student Cultural Center, is organizing a forum to draw attention to the inaccessibility…
The organization for political ecology Polekol sent a complaint to the Berne Convention, warning that the construction of the small hydroelectric plant Gradina on the river Studenica will endanger protected habitats and species of international importance.
