O direito humano à água na Bacia do Rio Piranhas no Estado da Paraíba

Abstract

This dissertation work aims to analyse the problems related to the human right to water in the Piranhas River basin, in the State of Paraíba, located in the semi-arid region of Paraíba, and also emphasizing the São Francisco River basin, located in the northeast region of Brazil. It is intended to analyse, in the light of the human right to water, the way in which use and conservation occur and whether the Public Power is really committed to sustainable management of water. It will be verified how the issue of the Transposition of the São Francisco River took place and how this problem was in the year 2019, if it really reached the Goal 6 of the SDG. The study is justified and is important for human rights, since water is an indispensable asset for human and living beings' survival, above all, for the north-eastern region of the country that lives years of drought and at the mercy of protectionist public policies that it only interests the owners of power. This work aims to find an answer to the following problem: water being an essential natural asset for the sustenance of living beings and for life, what measures have been taken by world authorities to ensure the human right to water and how this liquid has been treated precious in terms of sustainability? Our hypothesis is that despite the transposition made by the federal public power, much remains to be done. To make this possible, the deductive method was used. Bibliographic research was outlined, which was developed from material already elaborated, mainly of books, scientific articles, laws, decrees and letters. Considering the complexity of the object studied, we opted for the quantitative and qualitative (rational and subjective) methodological approach. We explore the primary sources (official documents, reports, databases and others); secondary sources (seminars, films, lectures, classes, symposia, scientific articles and the literature that deal with the right to water.