This section contains links to documents that we consider useful for advocates working on the right to water. All are PDFs and will open in a new window.

1) A bibliography of primary and secondary sources of law on the human right to water:

The Right to Water: A tool for individuals, groups and organisations advancing the human right to water. Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. March 2007-06-22

2) Approaches taken by national governments that aim to integrate the right to water in national policy and legislation:

The Right to Water in National Legislation
The French Water Academy, Henri Smets 2006

The Right to Water at the World Water Forum, Mexico 2006
The French Water Academy, Henri Smets 2006

The Right to Water: from concept to implementation
World Water Council, 2006

3) The human rights-based approach to development and implications for fieldwork in water and sanitation:

The Right to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and the Human Rights-Based Approach to Development
Belinda Calaguas, WaterAid, July 1999

Right to Water, Health & Human Rights Publication Series, No. 3
Brochure edited by the World Health Organization, Geneva, 2003

4) Country case studies from India and Argentina, highlighting the various legal, policy and community issues surrounding the right to water:

The Right to Water in Argentina
Rights and Humanity, Juan Miguel Picolotti of the Centre for Human Rights and the Environment, with the assistance of Lorena Gilli, Marta Juliá, and Andrea Mendyvil
November 2003

From Communities’ Hands to MNCs’ BOOTs: A Case Study from India on Right to Water
Rights and Humanity, Ruchi Pant, Policy Analyst, Ecoserve, India
October 2003

5) WaterAid's guide to advocacy work in the water and sanitation sector, including practical ideas for action.

Advocacy – What’s it all about? A Guide to Advocacy Work in the Water and Sanitation Sector
WaterAid
September 2007

A Human Rights Approach to Development: Some Practical Implications for WaterAid’s Work
The first WaterAid lecture, City University, London
Julia Häusermann, President, Rights and Humanity.
10 September, 1999