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"Access to safe water is a
fundamental human need and therefore a basic
human right."

Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General
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Support the work of the UN Human Rights System

The expertise and grassroots experience of organisations working on water can be used in various ways to influence the development of the right to water and sanitation within the UN human rights system.

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Latest News

  • New comprehensive sourcebook of laws and policies March 11th, 2012
  • New resource: The right to sanitation in national laws January 10th, 2012
  • Rights breakthrough: legal recognition of water and sanitation affirmed by UN September 30th, 2010
  • Independent Expert addresses the Human Rights Council September 17th, 2010
  • Human Rights Council to decide whether to pass resolution on the rights to water and sanitation September 8th, 2010
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Publications

  • Advocacy guides
  • Country case studies
  • The human rights-based approach to water and sanitation
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  • Links

    • End Water Poverty
    • Freshwater Action Network
    • Rights and Humanity
    • Special Rapporteur
    • WASH United
    • WaterAid
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