Water Policies to Support Investment in Humans and Nature: A Compilation of Good Practices in Latin Americaand the Caribbean This publication examines human rights-based governance practices in Latin American countries to protect, respect and fulfil the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation (HRWS) while also protecting the Human Right to […]
Paving the Inclusive Path toward Water for All
Paving the Inclusive Path toward Water for All: Policies and Cases Supporting a Human Rights-Based Approach in Asia and The Pacific Everyone around the world—no matter their race, religion, creed, or gender—has a right to water and sanitation. Water, after all, is vital for survival. Water is a necessity. And […]
Water Policies to Support Investment in Humans and Nature
Water Policies to Support Investmentin Humans and Nature: A Compilation of Good Practices in Africa Good governance, supporting the HRBA, can reduce investment risk through greater sustainability. Inclusive decision-making with a wide range of stakeholders helps to strengthen local ownership, and encourage broader thinking and innovation for more sustainable design […]
Policies for inclusive decision-making in a climate adaptive world
Policies for inclusive decision-making in a climate adaptive world In a world that is struggling daily with climate change and dwindling good quality water resources, we need to find a more holistic approach to water management that considers all the Sustainable Development Goals. It is the responsibility of all authorities, […]
NHRIs’ Roles in Achieving Human Rights-based Water Governance
National Human Rights Institutions’ Roles in Achieving Human Rights-based Water Governance This training material for national human rights institutions (NHRIs) on water governance and human rights seeks to strengthen the capacity of these institutions for the promotion and protection of water governance-related human rights. The training material aims to a) […]
Uganda Country Mapping
Access to safe water and sanitation is a human right, as recognized in 2010 by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The Human Right to Water and Sanitation (HRWS) is inextricably linked with other human rights and therefore lack of access equally has a profound negative impact on many of […]
Good Practices For Regulating Wastewater Treatment
Good Practices For Regulating Wastewater Treatment There is increasing evidence that freshwater quality is in decline across the world. Over the past three decades, the continuous growth in volumes of untreated wastewater as well as the release of hazardous chemicals and materials into watercourses have created an urgent need to […]
National Human Rights Institutions and Water Governance
National Human Rights Institutions and Water Governance: Compilation of Good Practices The compilation of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) good practices on water governance seeks to strengthen the capacity of these institutions for the realisation of water governance related human rights. It intends to identify, gather and document important knowledge […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safedrinking water and sanitation
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safedrinking water and sanitation Access to affordable water and sanitation services is crucial for the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation. Yet, the issue of affordability does not always receive the attention it deserves. The present report […]
The Equitable Access Score-card
The Equitable Access Score-card: Supporting policy processes to achieve the human right to water and sanitation Access to safe drinking water and sanitation is a human right that is part of the right to adequate standard of living, enshrined in article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and […]
