Proyecto WALIR

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INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS WALIR (WATER LAW AND INDIGENOUS RIGHTS): LEGAL PLURALISM, WATER LAW REFORM AND POLITICS OF RECOGNITION. CUSCO-PERU, 28-30 NOVEMBER 2006
central issues: to analyze water legislations and water policies in the andean countries under recent results of applied research about indigenous and peasant water resource management; to find out the principles and strategies of neoliberal and official water reform proposals; to suggest alternative ways of recognition for legal pluralism issues in present water resource reform in several andean countries; to examine the tension between local self-determination, equity and national policies about water resource management
Mailto: ingo.gentes@gmail.com




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"Indigenous Peoples interests on water and customary uses must be recognized by governments, ensuring that Indigenous rights are enshrined in national legislation and policy. Such rights cover both water quantity and quality and extend to water as part of a healthy environment and to its cultural and spiritual values. Indigenous interests and rights must be respected by international agreements on trade and investment, and all plans for new water uses and allocations."

(Indigenous Peoples Kyoto Water Declaration, Japan March 2003: art. 14 )

WALIR wants to contribute to a better comprehension of indigenous water rights in Latin America.

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WALIR wants to raise awareness among the decision-makers regarding the need for legal and policy changes

WALIR wants indigenous and peasant peoples to have access to exclusive water and their rights, .

WALIR wants to counteract the discrimination and subordination of indigenous and customary water rights and management rules.

WALIR wants to strenghten local rights and indigenous and peasant water management rules in national legislation and multinational agreements.

WALIR wants to strengthen local water rights to water management and improve the representation for indigenous and peasant groups in decision-making bodies.