The regions of northeast Syria are experiencing the worst drought in nearly 70 years, primarily due to climate change, reduced rainfall, and rising temperatures. Additionally, using water as a weapon…
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Allegation Letter Addressed to United Nations Special Procedures Regarding the Water Crisis in Northeast Syria
This submission is addressed to the honoured: Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation; Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons; Special…
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Input to the Thematic Report to the 78th session of the UN General Assembly
PAX, the largest peace organisation in the Netherlands, together with Syrians for Truth and Justice, PÊL- Civil Waves, Humat Dijlah and the Sudd Environment Agency, active in Syria, Iraq and…
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Syria: An Oral Intervention Presented to the Human Rights Council On the Report of the International Commission of Inquiry in September 2021
On 23 September 2021, Syrians for Truth and Justice and The Advocates for Human Rights addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council during the presentation of an oral update of…
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Syria/Hasakah: A Complaint to the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council on the Deliberate Interruptions of Water Supplies from Aluk Water Station
On 28 August 2020, Syrians for Truth and Justice Organization (STJ), the Kurdish Organization for Human Rights in Syria (DAD), PÊL – Civil Waves Organization, GAV for Relief and Development…
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Timeline of the Disruptions Series of Aluk Water Pumping Station, North East Syria
When and how the Aluk water station was first interrupted On 9 October 2019, only few hours after the launch of Turkey’ so called Operation Peace Spring,[1] the Aluk water…
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89 Organizations Denounce Turkey’s Repeated Water cut to Hundreds of Thousands of People in Syria’s North East
On 13 August 2020, Turkish forces turned off the Alok water pumping station, under their control, to hundreds of thousands of people in northeastern Syria, just as they did earlier…
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1. Legal analysis A) International Humanitarian Law Water is indispensable to civilian populations. It is not only essential to drink, but also for agricultural purposes and sanitation, all the more…