General Comment No15

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		What is a General Comment?

		Summary of General Comment No. 15

			Part I: Introduction

			Part II: Normative content of the Right to Water

			Part III: States Parties’ obligations

			Part IV: Violations

			Part V: Implementation at the national level

			Part VI: Obligations of actors other than states

		Status of the General Comment

What is a General Comment? Each of the six UN human rights treaty-monitoring bodies, including the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, periodically publishes documents known as General Comments or General Recommendations, which provide guidelines for States Parties on the interpretation of specific aspects of the human rights treaty of concern to the particular committee.

General Comments clarify the content of Covenant rights in more detail, may outline potential violations of those rights and offer advice to states parties on how best to comply with their obligations under the treaties.

All General Comments are available on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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