Wòch nan Soley: the denial of the right to water in Haiti.
Wòch nan Soley: the denial of the right to water in Haiti.
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Wòch nan Soley：海地的水权被剥夺。
DOI：
10.2307/20460104
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Evan Lyon
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作者：
M. Varma;Margaret L. Satterthwaite;Amanda M. Klasing;T. Shoranick;J. Jean;Donna J Barry;M. C. Fawzi;J. McKeever;Evan Lyon
本文结合了健康和水研究结果、根据《信息自由法》发布的机密文件的证据、法律分析和历史背景讨论，证明国际社会通过美洲开发银行采取的行动与海地缺乏清洁水直接相关。文章表明，这些行为明显侵犯了海地人根据国内法和国际法享有的水权。这篇文章揭露了美国政府在阻止发放数百万美元的国际银行贷款方面所扮演的角色，这些贷款本可以挽救海地人民的生命。 2001年，这些贷款因代表美国和国际社会其他成员的政治干预而中断，直接违反了美洲开发银行的章程。为了证明这些干预措施的影响，本文提供了一项研究中收集的数据，该研究采用人权和公共卫生方法来评估海地的水权。数据显示，海地人在水权的各个方面都遇到了障碍：用水困难、物质和经济可及性有限以及水质差。该条款提供了海地所有参与方应遵守的具体职责和义务框架，以实现海地人的水权。针对国际社会的政治干预与海地饮用水状况极其恶劣之间不可否认的联系，文章最后建议海地所有行为者遵循基于权利的方法来开发和实施海地的水项目。 《Wòch nan Soley：海地水权被剥夺》的完整报告可在线查阅：http://www.pih.org/inforesources/Reports/Hait_Report_FINAL.pdf。
This article combines health and water research results, evidence from confidential documents released under the Freedom of Information Act, legal analysis, and discussion of historical context to demonstrate that actions taken by the international community through the Inter-American Development Bank are directly related to a lack of access to clean water in Haiti. The article demonstrates that these actions constitute a clear violation of Haitians' right to water under both domestic and international law. The article exposes the United States governments role in blocking the disbursal of millions of dollars in international bank loans that would have had life-saving consequences for the Haitian people. The loans were derailed in 2001 by politically-motivated interventions on behalf of the US and other members of the international community in direct violation of the Inter-American Development Bank charter. To demonstrate the impact of these interventions, the article presents data gathered in a study that employed human rights and public health methodologies to assess the right to water in Haiti. The data reveal that Haitians experience obstacles concerning every aspect of the right to water: diffculties with water availability, limited physical and economic accessibility, and poor water quality. The article provides a framework of concrete duties and obligations that should be followed by all actors involved in Haiti in order to realize Haitians' human right to water. In response to the undeniable link between the international community's political interference and the intolerably poor state of potable water in Haiti, the article concludes with a recommendation that all actors in Haiti follow a rights-based approach to the development and implementation of water projects in Haiti. The full report of Wòch nan Soley: The Denial of the Right to Water in Haiti is available online at http://www.pih.org/inforesources/Reports/Hait_Report_FINAL.pdf.