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No.15

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Overview

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Access to water: A Policy Imperative
Water as a Human Right
The Right to Water: A Legal Obligation
General Comment No.15 in a Nutshell
Benefit of Recognising Water as a Human Right
Implementing the Right to Water through national legislation and policy

International Policy and Conferences

A Right to Water: A policy imperative
Evolution of policy commitments
Impact of international conferences
Impact of policy commitments on people without access to water
The World Water Forum
The Alternative Water Forum

Introduction to Human Rights

What are human rights?
Human rights treaties
State obligations
Progressive realisation of economic, social and cultural rights
Monitoring state compliance
Complaints mechanisms within the UN human rights system
Monitoring of compliance with state obligations regarding the right to water by treaty bodies

Human Rights Approach to Development


Law on the Right to Water

The Right to Water in international Human Rights Law
Protection of the Right to Water during armed conflict
Human Rights Council Resolution 'Human Rights and Access to Water'
National legislation on the Right to Water
Implementing the Right to Water through National Legislation and Policy
Proposed National Legislation and Policy on the Right to Water

General Comment No. 15

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 V: Implementation at the national level
Part VI: Obligations of actors other than states
The status of General Comments

Documents


FAQs

Frequently asked questions about human rights
Frequently asked questions about the right to water

Community Action

Community Water Management - The Story of the 'Arvari River Parliament': India
Mobilising Communities - The Cochabamba 'War for Water': Bolivia
The Asamblea Provincial por el Derecho al Agua (APDA) in Argentina
Dams threaten livelihoods on the Panama Canal
Development Bank project threatens water rights in Pakistan
25 Years of neglect in Mexico
Global activism on the human Right to Water

Advocacy

What is Advocacy?
Undertaking Advocacy
The Right To Water As An Advocacy Tool: Argentina
Influencing Water Policy: India
Targeting Privatisation: The Philippines
Challenging Megadams: Latin America
Ghana: Greening the Volta Basin
Fighting to be heard in Nepal
Fighting a legal battle in Nicaragua
Pollution time bomb in Nigeria
Road to disaster in Nigeria

Legal Redress

Introduction
Enforcing the Right to Water: South Africa
The Right to Water under the Right to Life: India
Ensuring Accountability: Argentina
Challenging the adequacy of free basic water in Phiri, Soweto, South Africa

Prioritites for the future

Policy Path
Legal Path
Community Action path

What you can do

Develop capacity
Undertake Advocacy Work around the Right to Water
Conduct Research
Support the work of the UN Human Rights System
Take legal action

Links

Website hosts
International water agencies
Useful international agencies
General water websites
Non Governmental resources on the Right to Water
Online articles on the Right to Water

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