🇪🇸 Find this article in Spanish here. Watch the webinar here Find panellists’ ppt presentations here: Dr Anand Chiplunkar (HR2Water), Patricia Lopez (World Bank), Geoffrey Hamilton (UNECE), Irina Tsay (SOS Children’s Villages Int.) Understanding that the progress being made to achieve sustainable development goal 6 (SDG6) is not currently on track […]
10th Anniversary of Human Rights to Water and Sanitation
Dhesigen Naidoo of the Water Research Commission in South Africa hosts this interactive webinar to mark the 10th anniversary of the UN declaration to recognise the human rights to water and sanitation. Progress to reach SDG6 on water by 2030 is slow (UN-Water), and the last 10 % of people […]
“Para Todos, Por Siempre” Initiative brings Clean and Sustainable Water and Sanitation to Honduras
Although Article 145 of the Constitution of the Republic of Honduras expressly recognizes the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, there are many people in Honduras who still do not have sustainable access to these services. Driven by this serious problem, the “Para Todos, Por Siempre” initiative emerged […]
People-first PPPs and a Human Rights-Based Approach for SDG 6
In the race to realise the 2030 Agenda, the need for Public-Private Partnerships is recognised as essential to realise SDG 6, and yet people are still being left behind. The principles of a Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) are not automatically included in the design and implementation stages of new […]
Hungarian NHRI protects the Water Act for Future Generations
🇪🇸 Spanish 🇫🇷 French The National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) in Hungary has proactively opposed amendments to the Water Act in order to protect natural resources for future generations. The connection between conservation and preservation and the achievement of SDG 6.1 and 6.2 (access to safe and sustainable water and […]
Mexican NHRI Supports Indigenous People in reclaiming their Human Rights to Water and Sanitation
It is now widely accepted that secure access to natural resources, and especially to water, is vital to protect Indigenous peoples’ cultures, livelihoods, and ways of life. International law, notably through the ILO Convention No 169[1], has pushed towards the global recognition of the rights of these communities to have […]
Webinar for 10 Year Celebration of the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation
1st July 2020, 15:00h CET (08:00h Mexico, 21:00h Malaysia) Click here to register for attendance (free of charge) July 2020 marks 10 years since the human rights to water and sanitation (previously acknowledged as a single right) were recognised by the UN General Assembly. Since then, notable progress has been […]
Human Right 2 Water’s Launch Webinar on Emergency Responses to COVID-19
Photo credit to KEYSTONE/REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja Human Right 2 Water made its official launch as an International NGO, Tuesday 3rd June 2020 with the first of a series of webinars linked to human rights to water and sanitation. The focus on emergency response solutions, specifically during critical periods brought on by […]
The Human Right 2 Water: a virtual NGO in uncertain times
26th May 2020, Geneva Human Right 2 Water launches today as an international NGO, following its first AGM on 6th May 2020. It provides a critical knowledge hub for the integration of human rights to water and sanitation into governance systems. With today’s pandemic there is an undeniable sense of […]