A bibliography of primary and secondary sources of law on the human right to water and sanitation:

The Right to Water: A tool for individuals, groups and organisations advancing the human right to water Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. March 2007-06-22 (PDF 1Mb)

Legal Resources for the Right to Water and Sanitation – International and National Standards, 2nd edition Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions April 2008 (PDF 2.3Mb)

Sanitation – A human rights imperative COHRE, SDC, UN-HABITAT and WaterAid, 2008 (PDF 1.5Mb)

2) Practical implementation of the right to water and sanitation in national policy and legislation:

Manual on the Right to Water and Sanitation AAAS COHRE, SDC and UN-HABITAT, 2007 (PDF 1.9Mb)

The Right to Water in National Legislation The French Water Academy, Henri Smets 2006 (PDF 440Kb)

The Right to Water at the World Water Forum, Mexico 2006 The French Water Academy, Henri Smets 2006 (PDF 181Kb)

The Right to Water: from concept to implementation, World Water Council, 2006 (PDF 1.25Mb)

Monitoring Implementation of the Right to Water a Framework for Developing Indicators, Heinrich Böll Foundation, COHRE, AAAS, 2005 (PDF 1Mb)

3) The human rights-based approach to development and implications for fieldwork in water and sanitation:

The Right to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and the Human Rights-Based, Belinda Calaguas, WaterAid, July 1999 (PDF 108Kb)

Right to Water, Health & Human Rights Publication Series, No. 3, Brochure edited by the World Health Organization, Geneva, 2003 (PDF 600Kb)

4) Country case studies, highlighting the various legal, policy and community issues surrounding the right to water and sanitation:

The Right to Water in Argentina, Rights and Humanity, Juan Miguel Picolotti of the Centre for Human Rights and the Environment, with the assistance of Lorena Gilli, Marta Juliá, and Andrea Mendyvil, November 2003 (PDF 312Kb)

From Communities Hands to MNCs BOOTs, Ruchi Pant, Policy Analyst, Ecoserve, India, October 2003 (PDF 236Kb)

Case Studies on Efforts to Implement the Right to Water and Sanitation in Urban Areas – Brazil, Kenya, Sri Lanka and South Africa Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) Working paper for UN-HABITAT: 20 March 2008 (PDF 485Kb)

Hostage to Politics The impact of sanctions and the blockade on the human right to water and sanitation in Gaza. Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), June 2008 (PDF 530Kb)

5) Guides to advocacy work in the water and sanitation sector, including practical ideas for action.

Advocacy – What’s it all about WaterAid, September 2007

A Human Rights Approach to Development Some Practical Implications for WaterAids Work, City University, London, Julia Häusermann, President, Rights and Humanity, 10 September, 1999 (361 Kb)

Evaluation of the Costs and Benefits of Water and Sanitation Improvements at the Global Level, Guy Hutton and Laurence Haller WHO 2004 (PDF 715Kb)