Abstract
This article analyses the implementation of the human right to water in Tunisia, focusing on the procedural indicator on ‘participation’. The article looks at the functioning of local Water User Associations as the lowest institutional level of water management and reviews theperformance criteria for participation within these associations as applied by the Tunisian government against the background of the legal norms for the human right to water and the indicator on participation within Sustainable Development Goal 6 on water and sanitation, i.e. SDG 6.b.
Highlights
In Tunisia, local communities play a central role in water management
What are the norms that are applied in practice to ‘participation’ as it applies to the realisation of the right to water? How do rights holders engage with the local state with reference to the enjoyment of the right to water? The example of Tunisia helps to shed light on such matters related to the interaction between rights holders and duty bearers in order to effectuate the realisation of this right
In this article we explore the degree to which international and national frameworks for participatory water governance have permeated the lowest institutional level of water governance, i.e. the GDAs, which are Tunisia’s vehicle for local participation in irrigation and drinking water management
Summary
In Tunisia, local communities play a central role in water management. How do rights holders engage with the local state with reference to the enjoyment of the right to water? The Human Right to Water, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Tunisian water law all interact and influence participatory water management in different but related ways. In this article we explore the degree to which these frameworks have permeated the lowest institutional level of water governance, i.e. the Groups for Agricultural Development (Groupements de Développement Agricole, GDAs), which are Tunisia’s vehicle for local participation in irrigation and drinking water management. We look at the framework of the SDGs in the context of Tunisia, identifying the rural areas as a key area for participatory water governance. We examine how participation has been applied in practice in rural Tunisia
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