Guidelines, strategies, regulations, resolutions and agreements, at the international, regional, national and subnational levels that configure the actions of the State.
The purpose of this Law is to regulate the sustainable and comprehensive management of all waters and the territories that produce them, regardless of their location, physical state or natural occurre...
Establishes, in Article 7, the right of every person to live in a healthy and ecologically balanced environment. It mentions that the preservation, conservation, recomposition and improvement of the e...
Law 1,183/85. It establishes that surface waters are public domain, rainwater, surface waters, stagnant waters, channels, banks, etc., without mentioning the ownership of groundwater. Law 2559/05 that...
Law 1,160-97 This law punishes attempted crimes, as well as culpable conduct. It defines in the Second Book, Title III, Chapter I, “Acts punishable against the natural bases of human life” differe...
Law 1,248/31 Establishes the legal regime, conditions and procedures for the use of public waters in rural areas
Law 836/80 This code regulates the functions of the State in relation to the comprehensive health care of the people and the rights and obligations of people in the areas.
This is the highest legal norm in the country. According to this, drinking water and sanitation are fundamental human rights, therefore the resource must be managed sustainably and the environment mus...
It specifically establishes, in addition to establishing the national Water policy, what the powers of the Executive Branch are in matters of water. Regulates easements, both natural and civil.
Through this law, the use of water for irrigation is decreed to be of general interest.
These are contracts between the Public Administration and a private party that is entrusted with the design, construction, operation and financing of a certain infrastructure work.
The idea was that the powers and obligations of the water boards would end up being assumed by the regional governing bodies, especially the District Council and the District Administration. In practi...
It establishes the framework for the operation of the oldest forms of local government in Suriname, namely the water boards. This law regulates the creation and administration of water boards as well ...