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 […]

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 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 […]

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 (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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

🇫🇷 Read this article in French Watch a recording of the webinar here In celebration of World Toilet Day 2020, Human Right 2 Water’s CEO Amanda Loeffen moderated IWRA’s webinar on “Sustainable Sanitation and Climate Change”. 4.2 billion people are currently living without access to safely managed sanitation, and in […]

🇫🇷 Read this article in French 🇪🇸 Read this article in Spanish Watch the webinar here Find out more about our panellists here “The ultimate goal is to protect, respect and fulfil the human right to sanitation for marginalised communities in a way that is affordable, safe, environmentally friendly, and […]

Webinar 10th November 2020, 15:00h-16:30h CET Click here to register in advance Find out more about our panellists here Inclusion of human rights to sanitation in business processes and standards is often not considered as a primary goal for service providers.  However, these businesses do have a strong duty to […]