Sanitation: A human rights imperative
COHRE, WaterAid, UN-HABITAT and Swiss Agency for Development and Coperation (SDC) have published a booklet which addresses the benefit of treating sanitation in human rights terms, the legal basis of the right to sanitation, state obligations and standards for differing environments and priority actions for governments and other stakeholders. Download the publication in English, French or Spanish from their website. August 2008.
The Right to Water – a step in the right direction
Danielle Morley, FAN Executive Secretary, spoke at an International Conference on the Right to Water organised by the UN High Commission for Human Rights and the German Foreign Office which aims to foster an ongoing debate on the Human Right to Water. Read her statement.
Research tool on the right to water
The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)'s website holds a bibliography they compiled of primary and secondary sources on human right to water law.
Right to water and access to water: an assessment
An assessment published in the Journal of International Development, 2007, analysing challenges to putting the right to water into practice.
Manual on the Right to Water and Sanitation
This manual addresses issues common to most economic, social and cultural rights, including: non-discrimination; vulnerable and marginalised groups; participation; international cooperation, and affordability within government programmes.