Human rights-based approach to integrated water resources management In this manual you will find that chapter 2 focuses on IWRM, providing some historical background to the concept, examining the definition and providing commentary on the definition in terms of how the concept has been applied in practice. Chapter 3 does […]
Water, Climate Change and Human Rights
Stressing the fact that water is a human right, this webinar on climate change could not ignore the current crisis on COVID19. IWRA’s Scott McKenzie brought together a selection of experts stretching from China, South Asia and Central America to discuss the link between water and climate. The discussions circulated […]
Human Right 2 Water Established Today
Human Right 2 Water is being established today as a non-governmental organisation to continue the valuable mission started by WaterLex, born 10 years ago when the human rights to water and sanitation were recognized by the UN General Assembly. Over the last 10 years, advocates, development organisations and UN Agencies […]
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 […]
Good Practices in Access to Water and Sanitation in Central America
Good Practices in Access to Water and Sanitation in Central America: Lessons from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua The purpose of this study is to share experiences of good practices towards the realisation of the human rights to water and sanitation in four States of Central America: El Salvador, […]
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 […]
The Right to Water for Food and Agriculture
The Right to Water for Food and Agriculture The right to water is a self-standing right inextricably connected to the right to an adequate standard of living, and is understood to be also inherent in the right to health and the right to life. The right to water and the […]
