OHCHR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
OHCHR, as the leading UN entity on human rights, is mandated to promote and protect the enjoyment and full realization, by all people, of all rights established in the Charter of the UN and in international human rights laws and treaties, including the human rights to water and sanitation.
The work of OHCHR includes monitoring and preventing violations of human rights to water and sanitation, developing thematic research and advocacy, and promoting a human rights-based approach to water and sanitation in cooperation with Member States, the UN system, national human rights institutions and civil society.
OHCHR, as the secretariat of the Human Rights Council and treaty bodies, provides secretariat support to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation, which is an independent mandate established under the Human Rights Council’s Special Procedures mechanism, as well as to the work of relevant treaty bodies related to water and sanitation.
Contribution to the global indicators discussions
Contribution to the global indicators discussions with inputs from the human rights indicators framework.
Official visit to Lesotho by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation UN-Water The Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation has urged the Government of Lesotho to place water, sanitation and hygiene high on its national deve … Read more
2019: a year with focus on indigenous people and marginalized groups UN-Water The theme for World Water Day 2019, celebrated on 22 March, is ‘Leaving no one behind’. This is an adaptation of the central promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: as sustainable development progresses, ev … Read more
Call for input: Special Rapporteur’s thematic report to Human Rights Council report UN-Water The Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation, Léo Heller, will focus his 2019 Human Rights Council report on the human rights to water and sanitation in spheres of life beyond the house … Read more
Human rights youth challenge on water & sanitation UN-Water In conjunction with the World Water Day 2019, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Mr. Léo Heller, is organizing a second online challenge to raise awareness among the youth about the hum … Read more
World Water Day 2019 – Leaving no one behind UN-Water World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water. This year’s theme, ‘Leaving no one behind’, adapts the central promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that as sustainable devel … Read more