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Resources on Human Rights Standards and Instruments Related to the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation

International Human Rights and other Conventions:

  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
  • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
  • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966
  • International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1966
  • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979
  • Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006
  • International Convention on the Protection of Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members
    of their Families, 1990
  • Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, 2007
  • Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses, 1997
  • UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Trans-Boundary Watercourses and International
    Lakes. 1992.

UN Resolutions

  • General Assembly Resolution 54/175 on the Right to Development, A/RES/54/175, 17 December
    1999
  • General Assembly Resolution 55/2 on Millennium Declaration Resolution, A/RES/55/2, 8
    September 2000
  • General Assembly Resolution 58/217 on the International Decade for Action, “Water for
    Life”, 2005–2015, A/RES/58/217, 23 December 2003
  • General Assembly Resolution 59/228 on Activities undertaken during the International
    Year of Freshwater 2003, preparations for the International Decade for Action, “Water for
    Life,” 2005–2015, and further efforts to achieve the sustainable development of water resource,
    A/RES/59/228, 22 December 2004
  • General Assembly Resolution 61/192 on International Year of Sanitation, A/RES/61/192, 20
    December 2006
  • Human Rights Council Resolution 12/8, Human rights and access to safe drinking water
    and sanitation A/HRC/12/50, 1 October 2009
  • Human Rights Council Resolution 64/198 on the Midterm comprehensive review of the
    implementation of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life,” 2005–2015, A/
    RES/64/198, 21 December 2009

Reports and other documents from UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, Expert Procedures, etc.:

  • General Assembly Resolution 54/175 on the Right to Development, A/RES/54/175, 17 December
    1999
  • General Assembly Resolution 55/2 on Millennium Declaration Resolution, A/RES/55/2, 8
    September 2000
  • General Assembly Resolution 58/217 on the International Decade for Action, “Water for
    Life”, 2005–2015, A/RES/58/217, 23 December 2003
  • General Assembly Resolution 59/228 on Activities undertaken during the International
    Year of Freshwater 2003, preparations for the International Decade for Action, “Water for
    Life,” 2005–2015, and further efforts to achieve the sustainable development of water resource,
    A/RES/59/228, 22 December 2004
  • General Assembly Resolution 61/192 on International Year of Sanitation, A/RES/61/192, 20
    December 2006
  • Human Rights Council Resolution 12/8, Human rights and access to safe drinking water
    and sanitation A/HRC/12/50, 1 October 2009
  • Human Rights Council Resolution 64/198 on the Midterm comprehensive review of the
    implementation of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life,” 2005–2015, A/
    RES/64/198, 21 December 2009
  • General Assembly Resolution 64/292 on Human rights and access to safe drinking water
    and sanitation, A/RES/64/292, 28 July 2010
  • Human Rights Council Resolution on Human rights and access to safe drinking water and
    sanitation, A/HRC/15/L.14, 24 September 2010.

A complete list of International and National Sources on the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation can be found in Appendix B and C of Bringing a Human Rights Lens to Corporate Water Stewardship: Results of Initial Research.

Reports and other documents from UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, Expert Procedures, etc.:

  • CEO Water Mandate, Information Portal on the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation
  • UN Special Rapporteur, Realizing the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: A Handbook
  • Winkler, Inga, The Human Right to Water: Significance, Legal Status, and Implications for Water allocation
  • WASH United, The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation
  • World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Pledge for access to safe water, sanitation
    and hygiene at the workplace

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