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UN Human Rights Council creates Independent Expert on the human right to water and sanitation
On 28 March 2008, the UN Human Rights Council, the primary United Nations body for human rights issues, adopted by consensus a resolution sponsored by Germany and Spain, with over 40 co-sponsors, on ‘Human Rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation.’
Through this resolution, the Council established a new ‘Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation.’ The Independent Expert will work for 3 years on two primary tasks.
First, to identify, promote and exchange on best practices related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, and, in that regard, to prepare a compendium of best practices; and
second, to carry out further clarification of the content of human rights obligations, including non-discrimination obligations, in relation to access to safe drinking water and sanitation.
For more information on the legal basis of the right to water and sanitation, see: ‘The Human Right to Water and Sanitation: Legal basis, Practical Rationale and Definition’ available in English at www.cohre.org/water > Resources and Articles).
Contact information |
Henri Smets
(email: henri@smets.com) |
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://www.cohre.org/store/attachments/UN%20GeneralComment%20on%20the%20right%20to%20water_15.pdf |
File link local | UN_GeneralCommentRighttowater_15.pdf (application/force-download, 72 Kb) |
Source of information | COHRE (Center on Housing Rights and Evictions) |
Keyword(s) | right to water and sanitation |
Subject(s) | DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , RIGHT , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES |
Relation | http://www.emwis.net/topics/WaterRight |
Geographical coverage | International |
News date | 03/04/2008 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |