Watch the English/French webinar here – African Case Studies Watch the Spanish webinar here – Latin American Case Studies Human Right 2 Water and End Water Poverty launched their new publication, National Human Rights Institutions and Water Governance; Compilation of Good Practices, with a set of webinars this 24th February. […]
Good Practices of NHRIs in Water Governance
Webinar 24th Feb, 11:00h-12:30h CET Register in Advance National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) have a duty to protect, respect and fulfil human rights, and they work as an independent institution according to the Paris Principles and usually funded by their national government. NHRIs have varying mandates and organisational structures, but […]
A Human Rights-Based Approach for Community Adaptation to Climate Change
Watch the webinar here Read more about our panellists here “There exists a link between the challenge of the compliance of human rights to safe drinking water and the challenge of the sustainability of the aquatic ecosystems” Special Rapporteur, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo. Pedro began the conversation by introducing the complex relationship […]
Mexico Legal Mapping update
Country Legal Mapping of Mexico has been updated based on the 2020/24 National Water Programme – for reference, it can be found on our website here. At the request of Leo Heller, Special Rapporteur for water and Sanitation, we made a legal mapping in Mexico in 2017, with emphasis on […]
Fulfilling the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation in Slovenia’s Roma Settlements
Lacking basic living conditions, including access to drinking water, sanitation and electricity, most of South-East Slovenia’s Roma population lives in segregated settlements. The absence or insufficiency of municipal infrastructure endangers prospects for integration of the Roma population into the community and hinders the fulfilment of their human rights and fundamental […]
Small Hydropower Plants in Serbia impacting Human Rights and the Environment
Small hydropower plants in Serbia are creating tensions in some of the regions. As a result of this, the Protector of Citizens of Serbia undertook a control investigation in 2019, in which they determined that their construction may have negative consequences for the environment. In order to prevent further adverse […]
A Human Rights-Based Approach for Community Adaptation to Climate Change
Webinar on 3rd February 2021, 09:00h-10:30h CET Click here to register in advance Read more about our panellists here “Climate change affects ecosystems, human societies and economies in a variety of ways, and water is the primary medium through which these impacts are felt”, United Nations World Water Development Report […]
National Human Rights Institutions and Water Governance – Compilation of Good Practices
National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) can help people to realise their human rights to water and sanitation through their role as independent advisors to government, and their capacity for promotion, protection, and monitoring of human rights. Human Right 2 Water supports their work by sharing examples of good practices in […]
How can the human rights to water and sanitation create resilience to pandemics such as COVID-19?
Watch the webinar here Read more about our panellists here The 10th December marks Human Rights Day, the moment when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, back in 1948. The 2020 theme is ‘Recover Better – Stand Up for Human Rights’, addressing the largest […]
How can the human rights to water and sanitation create resilience to pandemics such as COVID19?
Webinar on 10th December 2020, 15:00-16:30 CET Click here to register in advance Read about our panellists here On this important day to celebrate Human Rights, this webinar will highlight the link between the human rights to water and sanitation, and our resilience to disease, especially for vulnerable people. The […]