WaterLex
WaterLex is uniquely placed to promote law and policy reform to realise the human rights to water and sanitation (HRWS). Located beside the Human Rights Council in Geneva, it was founded in response to the explicit recognition of these rights by the UN General Assembly in 2010. It has built a platform of research based on these rights through a team of legal and policy experts, and a prestigious global membership with expertise in fields of water governance, sanitation and human rights.
After the integration of human rights into Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) on water, the role of WaterLex has continued to evolve to advise national authorities, parliaments, National Human Rights Institutions, international organisations, civil society and non-governmental organisations on how to integrate governance improvements in law, policy and standards, such that SDG 6 can be realised.
Connecting Climate Resilience
Evidence-based policy reform to support SDG 6 and SDG 13 - Connecting Climate Resilience with human rights sensitive monitored policy development. This is a consortium approach to work with villages in climate affected areas, and develop nature based policies for implementation and then scale up through reform in state policy.
World Water Week in Stockholm 2019 UN-Water The 2019 edition of World Water Week takes place on 25-30 August in Stockholm, Sweden. During the week, UN-Water will convene various activities, sessions and events. UN-Water events and sessions Leaving No One Behind, the UN World Water Development Report … Read more
Commemoration of World Water Day and launch of UN World Water Development Report UN-Water Commemorating World Water Day, a pivot event will be hosted on 19 March 2019 at the Palais des Nations, home of the United Nations Office at Geneva. During the event, the United Nations World Water Development … Read more
World Water Summit hosted in Geneva UN-Water The 1st World Water Summit on “Leaving No One Behind,” will be jointly organized by WaterLex, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (S … 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
Success stories of regulating wastewater management UN-Water Wastewater management is one of the biggest challenges to better protect human and ecosystem health. Although in most countries, wastewater management has lower priority than water provision, there is an urgent need to promote effective wa … Read more
