Press release
The Water Forum denounces secret negotiation of the General Water Law between the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Economy and ANEP
In 2006 the Water Forum ...
Water Forum of El Salvador Opposes the Government's Mining Suspension
Today, sitting beneath banners that read “For sustainability and the Right to Water” the Water Form of El Salvador held a press ...
... On December 21 of this year, the ruling party of the Legislative Assembly approved the General Law on Water Resources. Following the approval, environmental organizations such as the Water Forum, the National ...
... Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Development (IGF), an organization of Canadian origin that promotes best practices of mining in its member countries. According to policy statements ...
... of over 50 countries promoting mining called the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Metals and Sustainable Development and based in Ottawa, Canada. Two participants in the Forum, and members of the board ...
... in national courts and in different human rights forums at national and international levels. Nonetheless the situation doesn’t seem to have changed much. That’s why in January 2021 organizations in Colombia ...
... mining and water through radio and TV programs, community forums, church sermons, university-based events, fact sheets, and flyers at mass marches. The success of these efforts was demonstrated in polls ...
... the National Alliance against the Privatization of Water work to support the public management of water resources.
The law, first presented in 2006 by the Water Forum of El Salvador, is a comprehensive ...
... communities for decades to come.
Associate Fellow Jen Moore attended the Mariano Abarca Environmental Defense Forum on behalf of IPS, which is one of 32 Mexican, U.S., Canadian and Latin American organizations ...
... First (USA)
Forum Nobis PLLC (USA)
Global Exchange (USA)
Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC-USA)
Guatemala Partnership Committee, Congregational Church of Needham (USA)
Harvard Immigration ...
... Forum, environmental groups, local water boards, the Catholic Church, the Jesuit-run Central American University José Simeón Cañas (UCA), protestant churches, the National University, the Office of the ...
... “who decides” about water regulation has since exploded as a point of contention on the national political agenda. Rallies, marches, and public forums organized by students of the public University of ...
... public forum organized on June 28th, they reminded us that the current international investment regime has no concerns for the negative impacts that companies have on the application on basic human rights; ...
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We want to clarify that the fight for water began in 2006 with the presentation of the General Water Law proposal by the Water Forum. Since then we have promoted a dialogue a at the legislature for ...
... for example, it only contributes one percent of GDP and 0.66 percent of employment.
On the other hand, the participants in the forum denounced the police and judicial persecution suffered by environmentalists ...
... Ramírez, representative of the Water Forum.
"We regret the decision of the judge to convict six of the nine community leaders and forced to pay a fine, we reproach that the judicial system lends itself ...
... was the conclusion of the Regional Meeting of the “Global Campaign to dismantle the Corporate Power and to End Impunity”. This forum took place in São Paulo, Brazil during the 22nd and the 23rd of August ...
... the community in San José Las Flores, Chalatenango.
In the community of Los Prados, in the municipality of La Laguna, Chalatenango, CRIPDES held a forum on "Cross border mining in El Salvador". The ...
... was introduced in 2006 by members the Water Forum, (Foro de Agua), a coalition of environmental and social organizations that advocate for the implementation of the human right to water in El Salvador. ...
... to privatize the water.
The Water Forum, the Human Rights Ombusdman Office, the Alliance for Governance and Justice, as well as the Central American University José Simeón Cañas, and the Catholic Church, ...