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.
The human rights to water & sanitation UN-Water Having access to safe drinking water and sanitation is central to living a life in dignity and upholding human rights. Yet billions of people still do not enjoy these fundamental rights. The rights to water and sanitation require an explicit focus … Read more
Special Rapporteur calls for inputs on human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation UN-Water Having access to safe drinking water and sanitation is central to living a life in dignity and upholding human rights. Yet billions of people still do not enjoy these fundamental rights. The Special Ra … Read more
UN-Water Releases Publication on Eliminating Discrimination and Inequalities in Access to Water and Sanitation UN-Water UN-Water released a new policy brief today, entitled, Eliminating Discrimination and Inequalities in Access to Water and Sanitation. Just weeks after the formal adoption of the 203 … Read more
“It is possible,” UN expert Léo Heller says on the human right to water & sanitation UN-Water GENEVA (27 July 2015) – The right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights, the United Nations General Asse … Read more