9 May 2018: WaterLex 4th Scientific Committee Meeting, WMO Geneva WaterLex will hosts its 4th Scientific Committee Meeting at Geneva headquarters. Members include a select group of prestigious academic experts in the human rights to water and sanitation arena...
In December WaterLex launched its new handbook “The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: An annotated selection of international and regional law and mechanisms”, published in English and Spanish. The handbook compiles and annotates extracts from international law and...
Celebrating Human Rights Day: Talking about people’s access to water and sanitation The 10th of December is observed every year to remember the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948....
The Ombudsman of Georgia recently launched a new project to monitor implementation of the rights to access to drinking water and sanitation, and to conduct relevant awareness-raising campaigns across the country. Special attention will be paid to the availability...
One of the main causes of drinking water pollution and diarrhoea incidences is open defaecation. Still about 2.5 billion people do not use an improved sanitation facility, and about 1 billion people practise open defaecation. This requires an urgent...
25-27 October 2017 – Waterlex presenting during the Regional consultation on the right to safe drinking water & sanitation in ASEAN (with particular emphasis on rural communities) This Regional consultation organised by AICHR was attended by 60 representatives...
Argentina: Human rights obligations and civil society commitments With 92% of the population being urban, most of the population has access to improved water and sanitation facilities in Argentina, but only half of it is connected to the wastewater...
Last week, WaterLex took an active part in understanding and supporting the momentum in Nepal for implementing the human rights to water and sanitation. While Nepal took a very positive step in integrating HRWS into its constitution, and has...
On 14th September 2017, Mrs. Rose Osinde ALABASTER, Waterlex Programme Director for the African Region was invited to present at a side-event, in conjunction with the 36th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, on the theme: “The Human...
During this year’s, World Water Week in Stockholm WaterLex confirmed its position as specialist in the legal and policy aspects of the HRWS to create a more enabling environment for its realisation. WaterLex participated in 4 events and the...
