Lunch Discussion: "The Protection of Water Infrastructure in Relation to Armed Conflicts"

Mar 18, 2019 | World Bank
Washington, DC and online
View Original

In its 2017 report “A Matter of Survival”, the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace, co-convened by fifteen countries, has underlined the dire consequences of armed conflicts on water infrastructure. Following its recommendations on strengthening the respect for and implementation of international humanitarian law in relation to water, the Geneva Water Hub’s Platform for International Water Law, hosted at the University of Geneva, has taken the initiative, with other academic partners, international and non-governmental organisations, to draw a List of Principles protecting water infrastructure during and after armed conflicts.  Through the presentation of the List of Principles, the lunch discussion aims at exploring ways on how this document may be used by practitioners working in the humanitarian and development fields and at fostering the knowledge on the role of water infrastructure reconstruction in the contexts of fragility, conflicts and violence.

Chair

Mrs Jennifer Sara

Senior Director, Water Global Practice

Speakers

Mr Danilo Türk

Former President of Slovenia and Geneva Water Hub Lead Political Advisor

Mrs Mara Tignino

Reader at the Faculty of Law and Coordinator of the Platform for International

Discussants

Mrs Alexandra Campbell-Ferrari

Executive Director of the Center for Water Security and Cooperation

Mr Anders Jagerskog

Senior Water Resources Management Specialist, World Bank

Mr Timothy Grieve

Senior Advisor, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Section, Programme Division, UNICEF

Closing Remarks

Mrs Sarah Michael

Manager, Fragility, Conflict, Violence Global Themes Department

When: 18 March, 2019, 12:30pm - 2:00pm EDT

Where: Washington, DC and online

Organizers: World Bank

To join the video conference, click here.