UNESCO releases booklet on the human right to water

UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences and Natural Sciences Sectors, jointly with UNESCO Etxea-UNESCO Centre Basque Country, organized an experts’ meeting on the right to water on 7-8 July 2009 in Paris, France.

The main purpose of the meeting was to bring together international experts to discuss and develop recommendations on the right to water and access to sanitation, which are presented in the following booklet.

The participants were experts and representatives of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations as well as academics from various backgrounds and regions. A member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation also participated.

The intention of the booklet is to contribute to the efforts made in view of the fulfillment of this right and to explore possibilities of future collaboration between UNESCO and other actors in this field.