Access to Water and Sanitation: Analysis of the Mexican legal framework from a human rights perspective Water and sanitation are key to sustainable development and human well-being. Water is vital for life and required to realise many human rights, such as the rights to water, sanitation, food or health. The […]
International and Regional Law and Mechanisms of the HRWS
The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: An Annotated Selection of International and Regional Law and Mechanisms This book contains two main parts, which compile extracts of laws and mechanisms from respectively the international framework (Part A) and regional frameworks (Part B). At regional level fourgeographic areas are covered and […]
Access to Water and Sanitation: Country Mapping for Rural India
Access to Water and Sanitation: Country Mapping of the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation in Policy Provisions for Rural India Whilst the country of India is embarking on the road to Sustainable Development Goal 6, aiming to ensure access to water and sanitation for all by 2030, the many […]
Culture of Legality and Human Rights
Culture of Legality and Human Rights This booklet exposes a minimum comprehensive horizon of the set of theoretical perspectives and the conceptual corpus that make up the study of the culture of legality; Therefore, it constitutes a basic introductory text that seeks to serve as reference and study material for […]
Relationship between climate change and the human right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Relationship between climate change and the human right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health Climate change, directly and indirectly, impacts physical and mental health in a number of ways. These include inter alia increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events, […]
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 […]
Water Integrity Brief
The objective of this brief is to introduce a human rights framework for water integrity and transparency. This will strengthen the capacities of public authorities and civil society organisations to address water transparency effectively, while fulfilling a mandate on the human right to water and complying with human rights obligations. […]
Estudio de caracterización del Corredor Seco Centroamericano
In past years, there has been growing awareness in Central America about the problems caused by extreme weather events, particularly droughts, which threaten the livelihoods of already vulnerable small-scale grain producers in the Dry Corridor. In this context, the project “Increase the resilience of the livelihoods of small-scale producers to […]
