Websites on Right to Water
List of web sites relevant to "Right to Water", compiled by Cor Dietvorst
COHRE - Centre On Housing Rights and Evictions
29 May 08
Web page of the COHRE Right to Water Programme with news, background documents, a Manual on the Right to Water and Sanitation, Legal resources for the right to water and sanitation, and special section in Spanish.
Right to Water — Food & Water Watch
29 May 08
This US-based consumer rights advocacy group is campaigning with other groups to include the human right to water in an international treaty, and against privatization of water. Part of their anti-water privatization activities focused on opposing the u
Freshwater Action Network (FAN) - Right to Water
21 May 08
Includes a number of short case studies submitted by FAN members for the 2004 EuropeanSocial Forum on 'Protecting the Right to Water'.
Water Treaty
21 May 08
Web site of the Citizens Campaign calling for a Global Treaty on the Right to Water, launchedby Green Cross International in 2004.
International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC) – Water
21 May 08
IELRCs water programme focuses on the environment and human rights aspects of water andwater sector restructuring policies. IELRC is implementing a three-year research project(2006-2009) entitled 'Legal Issues Related to Water Sector Restructuring:
OHCHR study on human rights obligations related to equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation
21 May 08
Includes over 100 contributions received from States, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), local governments, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the business sector, universities and individuals.
The Right to Water
21 May 08
Launched on Human Rights Day 2003 by WaterAid and Rights and Humanity, in cooperationwith the Freshwater Action Network (FAN), this is a comprehensive site on the right to water. Itprovides both an overview of the topic as well as an in-depth look int
UUSC Programs: Environmental Justice Program
21 May 08
UUSCs primary focus in this area is promoting and defending the human right to waterespecially in communities facing water-service privatisation and resource depletion. The webpage includes a Right to Water bibliography.
World Water Council - Right to Water
21 May 08
Web site promoting international reflection to enhance the effectiveness of the right to water. Aproject has been initiated to analyse in several countries of the world how these countries aredealing with the right to water (if at all). This site prov
