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Article 17 1.
Indigenous individuals and peoples have the right to enjoy fully all rights established under applica- ble international and domestic labour law.
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States shall in consultation and cooperation with indigenous peoples take specific measures to protect indigenous children from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child’s education, or to be harmful to the child’s health or physical, mental, sp... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
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Indigenous individuals have the right not to be subjected to any discriminatory conditions of labour and, inter alia, employment or salary.
Article 18 Indigenous peoples have the right to participate in decision-making in matters which would affect 15 their rights, through representatives chosen by themselves in a... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
Article 19 States shall consult and cooperate in good faith with the indigenous peoples concerned through their own representative institutions in order to obtain their free, prior and informed consent be- fore adopting and implementing legislative or ad- ministrative measures that may affect them.
Article 20 1. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
Article 20 1.
Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and develop their political, economic and social systems or institutions, to be secure in the en- joyment of their own means of subsistence and development, and to engage freely in all their traditional and other economic activities.
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Indigenous peoples d... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
16 Article 21 1.
Indigenous peoples have the right, without dis- crimination, to the improvement of their eco- nomic and social conditions, including, inter alia, in the areas of education, employment, vo- cational training and retraining, housing, sani- tation, health and social security.
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States shall take effec... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
Particular attention shall be paid to the rights and special needs of indige- nous elders, women, youth, children and per- sons with disabilities.
Article 22 1.
Particular attention shall be paid to the rights and special needs of indigenous elders, wom- en, youth, children and persons with disabilities in the implem... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
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States shall take measures, in conjunction with indigenous peoples, to ensure that indigenous women and children enjoy the full protection and guarantees against all forms of violence and discrimination.
17 Article 23 Indigenous peoples have the right to determine and develop priorities and strategies for exer- ci... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
In particular, indigenous peoples have the right to be actively involved in developing and determining health, housing and other economic and social pro- grammes affecting them and, as far as possible, to administer such programmes through their own institutions.
Article 24 1.
Indigenous peoples have the right to the... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
Indigenous individuals also have the right to access, without any discrimination, to all social and health services.
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Indigenous individuals have an equal right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable stan- dard of physical and mental health.
States shall take the necessary steps with a view to achieving progre... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
18 Article 25 Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinctive spiritual relationship with their traditionally owned or otherwise occu- pied and used lands, territories, waters and coastal seas and other resources and to uphold their re- sponsibilities to future generations in this regard.... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
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Indigenous peoples have the right to own, use, develop and control the lands, territories and resources that they possess by reason of tra- ditional ownership or other traditional occu- pation or use, as well as those which they have otherwise acquired.
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States shall give legal recognition and protection to the... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
19 Article 27 States shall establish and implement, in conjunc- tion with indigenous peoples concerned, a fair, independent, impartial, open and transparent process, giving due recognition to indigenous peoples’ laws, traditions, customs and land tenure systems, to recognize and adjudicate the rights of indigenous peop... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
Indigenous peoples shall have the right to participate in this process.
Article 28 1.
Indigenous peoples have the right to redress, by means that can include restitution or, when this is not possible, just, fair and equitable compensation, for the lands, territories and re- sources which they have traditionally owned... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
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Unless otherwise freely agreed upon by the peoples concerned, compensation shall take 20 the form of lands, territories and resources equal in quality, size and legal status or of monetary compensation or other appropriate redress.
Article 29 1.
Indigenous peoples have the right to the con- servation and protecti... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
States shall establish and implement assistance programmes for in- digenous peoples for such conservation and protection, without discrimination.
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States shall take effective measures to ensure that no storage or disposal of hazardous ma- terials shall take place in the lands or territories of indigenous peoples wi... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
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States shall also take effective measures to en- sure, as needed, that programmes for moni- toring, maintaining and restoring the health of indigenous peoples, as developed and imple- mented by the peoples affected by such mate- rials, are duly implemented.
21 Article 30 1.
Military activities shall not take plac... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
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States shall undertake effective consulta- tions with the indigenous peoples concerned, through appropriate procedures and in partic- ular through their representative institutions, prior to using their lands or territories for mili- tary activities.
Article 31 1. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
Article 31 1.
Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural heritage, traditional knowledge and tradition- al cultural expressions, as well as the manifes- tations of their sciences, technologies and cul- tures, including human and genetic resources, seeds, medicines, knowl... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
They also have the 22 right to maintain, control, protect and develop their intellectual property over such cultural heritage, traditional knowledge, and tradition- al cultural expressions.
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In conjunction with indigenous peoples, States shall take effective measures to recognize and protect the exercise of these r... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
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States shall consult and cooperate in good faith with the indigenous peoples concerned through their own representative institutions in order to obtain their free and informed consent prior to the approval of any project affecting their lands or territories and other resources, particularly in connection with the d... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
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States shall provide effective mechanisms for just and fair redress for any such activities, and 23 appropriate measures shall be taken to mitigate adverse environmental, economic, social, cul- tural or spiritual impact.
Article 33 1.
Indigenous peoples have the right to deter- mine their own identity or membersh... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
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Indigenous peoples have the right to determine the structures and to select the membership of their institutions in accordance with their own procedures.
Article 34 Indigenous peoples have the right to promote, develop and maintain their institutional struc- tures and their distinctive customs, spirituality, tradi... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
24 Article 35 Indigenous peoples have the right to determine the responsibilities of individuals to their communities.
Article 36 1.
Indigenous peoples, in particular those divided by international borders, have the right to maintain and develop contacts, relations and cooperation, including activities for spiritual,... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
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States, in consultation and cooperation with indigenous peoples, shall take effective mea- sures to facilitate the exercise and ensure the implementation of this right.
Article 37 1.
Indigenous peoples have the right to the rec- ognition, observance and enforcement of treaties, agreements and other constructive a... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
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Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as diminishing or eliminating the rights of in- digenous peoples contained in treaties, agree- ments and other constructive arrangements.
Article 38 States in consultation and cooperation with indig- enous peoples, shall take the appropriate mea- sures, including legi... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
Article 39 Indigenous peoples have the right to have ac- cess to financial and technical assistance from States and through international cooperation, for the enjoyment of the rights contained in this Declaration.
Article 40 Indigenous peoples have the right to access to and prompt decision through just and fair proce... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
Such a decision shall give due consideration to the customs, traditions, rules and legal systems of the indigenous peoples concerned and international human rights.
Article 41 The organs and specialized agencies of the United intergovernmental Nations system and other organizations shall contribute full realization of... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
Ways and means of ensuring participation of indigenous peoples on issues affecting them shall be established.
the to Article 42 The United Nations, its bodies, including the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and specialized agencies, including at the country level, and States shall promote respect for and full app... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
27 Article 43 The rights recognized herein constitute the minimum standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of the indigenous peoples of the world.
Article 44 All the rights and freedoms recognized herein are equally guaranteed to male and female indigenous individuals.
Article 45 Nothing in this Declaration... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
Article 46 1.
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpret- ed as implying for any State, people, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act contrary to the Charter of the United Nations or construed as authorizing or encouraging any action which would dismem- 28 ber or impair, totally o... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
2.
In the exercise of the rights enunciated in the present Declaration, human rights and funda- mental freedoms of all shall be respected.
The exercise of the rights set forth in this Declara- tion shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law and in accordance with international human rights obl... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
Any such limitations shall be non-discriminatory and strictly necessary solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for meeting the just and most compelling requirements of a democratic society.
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The provisions set forth in this Declaration shall be inter... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769332073.pdf | https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf |
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Media briefs.qxd:01 issue briefs 1/6/11 11:04 Página 1 The Human Right to Water and Sanitation Media brief Today Safe drinking water and adequate sanitation are crucial for poverty reduction, crucial for sustainable development and crucial for achieving any and every one of the Millennium Development Goals Ban Ki-moon,... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
The UN commitment The target of Millennium Development Goal 7 calls to “halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation”.
On 28 July 2010 the United Nations General Assembly through Resolution A/RES/64/292 declared safe and clean drinking water an... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
Ensuring access to water and sanitation as human rights constitute an important step towards making it a reality for everyone. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
It means that: (cid:127) Access to safe water and basic sanitation is a legal entitlement, rather than a commodity or service provided on a charitable basis; (cid:127) Achieving basic and improved levels of access should be accelerated; (cid:127) The “least served” are better targeted and therefore inequalities decreas... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
What does it mean?
In November 2002, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted its general comment No.
15 on the right to water stating that: “The human right to water entitles everyone to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic uses.” ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
Furthermore, in April 2011, the Human Rights Council adopted, through Resolution 16/2, access to safe drinking water and sanitation as a human right: a right to life and to human dignity. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication and Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council 1 Media briefs.qxd:01 issue briefs 1/6/11 11:04 Página 2 The Human Right to Water and Sanitation Media brief Sufficient The water supply and sanitation facility for each person must be continuous and sufficient... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), between 50 and 100 litres of water per person per day are needed to ensure that most basic needs are met and few health concerns arise.
Most of the people categorized as lacking access to clean water use about 5 litres a day-one tenth of the average daily amount used i... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
2006 Most people need at least 2 litres of safe water per capita per day for food preparation.
WHO.
The right to water.
2003 The basic requirement of drinking water for a lactating woman engaged in even moderate physical activity is 7.5 litres a day.
UNDP.
Human Development Report 2006.
Beyond Scarcity: Power, po... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
2006 The human right to water and sanitation in practice in South Africa The prepayment meters in Phiri, a township in Soweto, South Africa were designed to supply the free basic water supply of 25 litres per person per day or 6,000 litres per household per month.
Once this allocation was reached, the meters automatic... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
[…] In its judgement, the High Court ruled that the City of Johannesburg’s forced prepayment water meters scheme in Phiri with automatic shut-off mechanisms was unlawful, unreasonable and unconstitutional […] The Court ordered the City to provide Phiri residents with 50 litres of free water per person per day.
This wa... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
The Court noted that 25 litres per person was insufficient, especially for people living with HIV/AIDS.
The Court noted that the City had the water and the financial resources to provide 50 litres per person per day, including through funds provided by the national Government for water provision that the City had chos... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
It upheld the appeal and ordered that 42 litres of water per Phiri resident per day would constitute sufficient water instead of the 50 litres ordered by the High Court.
Contradicting the findings of both the High Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal, the Constitutional Court found that the free basic water policy ad... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
UN, OHCHR, UN-Habitat, WHO.
(The) Right to Water, Fact Sheet No, 35.
2010 2 UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication and Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council Media briefs.qxd:01 issue briefs 1/6/11 11:04 Página 3 Media brief Safe The Human Right to Water and Sanitation The water required f... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
Measures of drinking-water safety are usually defined by national and/or local standards.
WHO’s Guidelines for drinking-water quality provide a basis for the development of national standards that, if properly implemented, will ensure the safety of drinking-water.
Everyone is entitled to safe and adequate sanitation.... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
This means toilets must be available for use at all times of the day or night and must be hygienic; wastewater and excreta safely disposed and toilets constructed to prevent collapse.
Services must ensure privacy and water points should be positioned to enable use for personal hygiene, including menstrual hygiene.
At... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
[…] Together, unclean water and poor sanitation are the world’s second biggest killer of children.
[…] It has been calculated that 443 million school days are lost each year to water-related illness.
UNDP.
Human Development Report 2006.
Beyond Scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
2006 The human right to water and sanitation in practice in Indonesia, Argentina and the United States of America Through the Indonesia Sanitation Development Program (ISSDP), an approach for promoting gender and social equity in planning, decision-making and implementation of urban sanitation at both city and communit... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
Awareness campaigns targeting the official working group on sanitation, city sub-district officials and community groups have been effective for ensuring women’s voices are heard by decision makers.
Sessions for only women, only men and mixed groups are considered to have complementary inputs.
The awareness campaigns... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
This is closely linked to dissemination of technical options and cost information, as well as, hygiene promotion and education.
Water and Sanitation Program.
Gender in the water and sanitation program.
2010 Water pollution and the lack of access to safe drinking water, and the links between the two, in poor neighbou... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
As they had no connection to public water distribution networks, these neighbourhoods relied on groundwater wells that were heavily polluted with faecal substances and other contaminants.
Furthermore, nearby a water treatment plant had been built upstream on the river, but because of its insufficient capacity, the pla... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
In its ruling, the District Court ordered the municipal authorities to take urgent measures to address the situation and minimize the environmental impact of the plant until a permanent solution for its operation was found.
It also ordered them to provide 200 litres of safe drinking water per household per day until f... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
2010 Under the U.S.
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, large water systems are required to provide annual reports directly to their customers on water contaminants and related health effects.
The Act stipulates that persons served by a public water system must be notified within 24 hours of any regulatory vi... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
It further indicates that a State must send an annual report to the Federal Environmental Protection Agency Administrator on violations of national drinking water regulations by public water systems in the State and must make such report available to the public.
UN-HABITAT, COHRE, AAAS, SDC.
Manual on the Right to Wa... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
Manual on the Right to Water and Sanitation.
2007 UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication and Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council 3 Media briefs.qxd:01 issue briefs 1/6/11 11:04 Página 4 The Human Right to Water and Sanitation Media brief Acceptable Water should be of an acceptable colour... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
[…] All water and sanitation facilities and services must be […] culturally appropriate and sensitive to gender, lifecycle and privacy requirements.
Sanitation should be culturally acceptable ensured in a non-discriminatory manner and include vulnerable and marginalised groups.
This includes addressing public toilet ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
A survey of 5 000 schools in Senegal showed that over half had no water supply and almost half had no sanitation facilities.
Of those schools with sanitation, only half had separate facilities for boys and girls.
The result was that girls chose not to utilise these facilities, either because they did not want to risk... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
Girls also avoided drinking water at school to avoid urination, thereby becoming dehydrated and unable to concentrate.
Where there were no facilities or no segregated facilities, girls – for fear of being seen – would go into the bush where they were at risk from snakebites or even sexual attack.
Girls would also sta... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
UN-HABITAT, COHRE, AAAS, SDC.
Manual on the Right to Water and Sanitation. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
Manual on the Right to Water and Sanitation.
2007 The human right to water and sanitation in practice in South Africa, the Philippines and Nepal South Africa’s Water Services Act (1997) requires water services authorities to take reasonable steps to bring their draft water services development plans to the notice of t... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
Authorities must also consider all comments received before adopting their development plans and, on request, report on the extent to which a specific comment has been taken into account or, if a comment was not taken into account, provide reasons why.
UN, OHCHR, UN-Habitat, WHO.
(The) Right to Water, Fact Sheet No, ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
Traditional water use practices, though not mentioned in the Water Code, are protected by the Act, which bestows customary water rights to indigenous communities.
UNESCO, UNESCO-Etxea.
Outcome of the International Experts’ Meeting on the Right to Water.
2009 The Pro-Poor Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Nepal ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
As women have the main responsibility for water, they have been encouraged to take a lead role in community decisions about water supply through membership of the Water User Committee and to utilise their knowledge and capabilities to influence its design.
In addition, Hygiene and Sanitation Education programmes have ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
For Her it’s the Big Issue.
2006 4 UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication and Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council Media briefs.qxd:01 issue briefs 1/6/11 11:04 Página 5 Media brief The Human Right to Water and Sanitation Physically accessible Everyone has the right to water and sanitatio... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
Relatively small adjustments to water and sanitation services can ensure that the needs of the disabled, elderly, women and children are not overlooked, thus improving the dignity, health, and overall quality for all.
According to WHO, the water source has to be within 1,000 metres of the home and collection time shou... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
United Nations, OHCHR, UN-Habitat, WHO.
(The) Right to Water, Fact Sheet No.
35.
2010 Inadequate sanitation, poor hygiene and unsafe drinking water contribute to 88% of diarrhoeal disease.
WHO.Global Health Risks: Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Major Risks.
2009 Accessible drinking water ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
For instance, India witnessed a severe outbreak of dengue fever when people stored water in their homes for use through dry spells, thus providing ideal habitats for Aedes mosquitoes.
WHO.
The right to water.
2003 The human right to water and sanitation in practice in Kenya and Paraguay In Kenya, UN-Habitat and COHR... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
As a result, the company adopted a policy to extend water supply to informal settlements.
UN, OHCHR, UN-Habitat, WHO.
(The) Right to Water, Fact Sheet No, 35.
2010 In the case of the Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous Community v. Paraguay, the Inter-American Court considered that the living conditions of the Sawhoyamaxa indige... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
Barred from their ancestral lands, the Sawhoyamaxa indigenous community had been living by the roadside, without any basic services, such as health care, safe drinking water or sanitation.
Their most reliable source of drinking water was rainwater, which was very scarce because of inadequate storing facilities.
[…] T... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
[…] In its judgement, the Court ordered the Government to immediately, regularly and permanently adopt measures to supply sufficient drinking water for consumption and personal hygiene to the members of the community and to set up latrines or other types of sanitation facilities in the settlements of the community.
Th... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
UN, OHCHR, UN-Habitat, WHO.
(The) Right to Water, Fact Sheet No, 35.
2010 UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication and Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council 5 Media briefs.qxd:01 issue briefs 1/6/11 11:04 Página 6 The Human Right to Water and Sanitation Media brief Affordable Water and sani... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
The costs for water and sanitation services should not exceed 5% of a household’s income, meaning services must not affect peoples’ capacity to acquire other essential goods and services, including food, housing, health services and education.
Almost two in three people lacking access to clean water survive on less th... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
[…] People living in the slums of Jakarta, Manila and Nairobi pay 5 to 10 times more for water than those living in high-income areas in those same cities and more than consumers in London or New York.
[…] In Manila the cost of connecting to the utility represents about three months’ income for the poorest 20% of hous... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
2006 The human right to water and sanitation in practice in Colombia, New Zealand and Belgium As a result of chronic kidney failure and the related medical treatment, Ms. Jimenez de Correa was unable to work and could not afford to pay for the services provided by the Medellin Public Enterprises.
The company consequen... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
The District Court held that public services were inherent to the social purpose of the State and acknowledged the duty to ensure their efficient delivery to all inhabitants of the country. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
On appeal, the Constitutional Court confirmed the District Court’s decision and ordered the immediate reconnection of electricity and water to Ms. Jimenez as a public service, referring inter alia to international standards and the general comments of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in its decisio... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
(The) Right to Water, Fact Sheet No, 35.
2010 In New Zealand, the Local Government Act stipulates that a local authority considering a partnership with the private sector must develop a formal policy to address how it will assess, monitor and report on the extent to which community outcomes are furthered by the partne... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
UN, OHCHR, UN-Habitat, WHO.
(The) Right to Water, Fact Sheet No, 35.
2010 In the Flemish region of Belgium, residents pay a basic connection fee for a minimum amount of water supplied for free to each person, with the price of excess water used depending on the amount consumed.
UNESCO, UNESCO-Etxea.
Outcome of the ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
2009 6 UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication and Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council Media briefs.qxd:01 issue briefs 1/6/11 11:04 Página 7 Media brief The Human Right to Water and Sanitation Common misconceptions Misconception Clarification The right entitles people to free water Water ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
The right allows for unlimited use of water The right entitles everyone to sufficient water for personal and domestic uses and is to be realised in a sustainable manner for present and future generations.
The right entitles everyone to a household connection Water and sanitation facilities need to be within, or in the... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
People cannot claim water from other countries.
However, international customary law on transboundary watercourses stipulates that such watercourses should be shared in an equitable and reasonable manner, with priority given to vital human needs.
A country is in violation of the right if not all its people have acces... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication and Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council 7 Media briefs.qxd:01 issue briefs 1/6/11 11:04 Página 8 The Human Right to Water and Sanitation Media brief References (cid:127) United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), United... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
(The) Right to Water, Fact Sheet No.
35.
2010. http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet35en.pdf (cid:127) United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
General Comment 15. http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/0/a5458d1d1bbd713fc1256cc400389e94/$FILE/G0340229.pdf (cid:127) United Nations ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
2006. http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/ (cid:127) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), UNESCO Etxea - UNESCO Centre Basque Country.
Outcome of the International Experts’ Meeting on the Right to Water.
Paris, 7 and 8 July 2009.
2009. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001854/185432... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
Resolution A/RES/64/292.
http://daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf/Get?Open&DS=A/RES/64/292&Lang=E (cid:127) United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), Centre on Housing rights and Evictions (COHRE), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
Gender in the water and sanitation program.
2010. http://www.wsp.org/wsp/sites/wsp.org/files/publications/WSP-gender-water-sanitation.pdf (cid:127) Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC).
For Her it’s the Big Issue. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
For Her it’s the Big Issue.
2006. http://www.wsscc.org/sites/default/files/publications/wsscc_for_her_its_the_big_issue_evidence_report_2006_en.pdf (cid:127) World Health Organization (WHO), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), Water Aid, Centre on E... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
The Right to Water.
2003. http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/water/docs/Right_to_Water.pdf Contact details United Nations Office to support the International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’ 2005-2015/UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC) Casa Solans Avenida Cataluña, 60 50014 Zaragoza... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
+34 976 478 346/7 Fax +34 976 478 349 water-decade@un.org www.un.org/waterforlifedecade Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) 15, Chemin Louis-Dunant 1202 Geneva Switzerland Phone: +41(0) 22 560 81 81 Fax: +41(0) 22 560 81 84 E-mail: wsscc@wsscc.org 8 UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Commun... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769333217.pdf | https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/human_right_to_water_and_sanitation_media_brief.pdf |
UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT 1 www.ohchr.org "We, heads of State and Government, ... are committed to making the right to development a reality for everyone and to freeing the entire human race from want." | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769335664.pdf | https://www.un.org/en/events/righttodevelopment/pdf/rtd_booklet_en.pdf |
United Nations Millennium Declaration (General Assembly resolution 55/2) The General Assembly, Bearing in mind the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations relating to the achievement of international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian natu... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769335664.pdf | https://www.un.org/en/events/righttodevelopment/pdf/rtd_booklet_en.pdf |
Human Rights, full and complete sovereignty over all their natural wealth and resources, Mindful of the obligation of States under the Charter to promote universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction of any kind such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, p... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769335664.pdf | https://www.un.org/en/events/righttodevelopment/pdf/rtd_booklet_en.pdf |
that progress in the field of disarmament would considerably promote progress in the field of development and that resources released through disarmament measures should be devoted to the economic and social development and well-being of all peoples and, in particular, those of the developing countries, Recognizing tha... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769335664.pdf | https://www.un.org/en/events/righttodevelopment/pdf/rtd_booklet_en.pdf |
The right to development is an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and all peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized.
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09 2.
The human right to development also implies the full realization of the right of peoples to self-determination, which includes, subject to the relevant provisions of both International Covenants on Human Rights, the exercise of their inalienable right to full sovereignty over all their natural wealth and resourc... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769335664.pdf | https://www.un.org/en/events/righttodevelopment/pdf/rtd_booklet_en.pdf |
The human person is the central subject of development and should be the active participant and beneficiary of the right to development.
11 responsibility 2. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696769335664.pdf | https://www.un.org/en/events/righttodevelopment/pdf/rtd_booklet_en.pdf |
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