Non-Governmental Resources on the Right to Water

There are numerous non-governmental organisations around the world working on the right to water. The following list, by no means exhaustive, contains some of those that have produced resources explicitly on the right to water.

COHRE, Legal Resources for the Right to Water: International and National Standards
COHRE has now published on its website a very useful document, entitled 'Legal Resources on the Right to Water: International and National Standards', which has a comprehensive section on national legislation from around the world supporting the right to water.

The Centre for Economic & Social Rights 
This page includes details and resources from the Human Right to Water Programme of the Centre for Economic and Social Rights.

The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions Right to Water Programme 
This page includes a fact sheet and a comprehensive compilation of international and national legal standards protecting the right to water.

Manual on the Right to Water
A tool for policy makers and practitioners in government, international agencies, civil society and other institutions (forthcoming). Developed by three organisations: Science and Human Rights Programme - American Association for the Advancement of Science; Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions - Right to Water Programme; World Health Organisation.

Public Citizen
This page includes information and news relating to the right to water. It also contains ‘Defend the Global Commons’, a magazine available online
and via email, which contains the experiences of organisations around the world working to protect water as a common resource and to provide clean and affordable water to all.