Rights groups petition European watchdog to secure clean water in Guadeloupe, French Caribbean
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said on Thursday it has filed a collective complaint to a European rights body to demand that France urgently ensures access to drinking water in its Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe.
The island territory has long faced water shortages, which right groups associate to poor infrastructure and contamination from a toxic pesticide that was for decades used on banana plantations across the region.
"France cannot continue to ignore the recurring problems of the Antilles, they have lasted too long," FIDH's Western Europe head Elena Crespi said in a statement. "It must recognize that the European Social Charter applies to all its territories."
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