The UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque, has undertaken an official mission to Brazil from 9 to 19 December to evaluate the improvements and challenges the country still faces in realizing the human rights to water and sanitation. Read the statement she gave at the end of the mission.
The Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation today urged the Brazilian authorities to give further priority to the poorest and most marginalized.
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque informs that her visit to Brazil, originally planned to take place from 09 to 19 July was cancelled yesterday by the Brazilian Government.
July 19, 2012 Action by Amnesty International has prompted the authorities in the Serbian city of Nis to supply drinking water to Roma families who were forcibly evicted from their homes in the capital Belgrade nearly three months ago. Since their forced eviction from the informal Belvil settlement on 26 April, five families – 18 […]
May 08, 2012 Action is urgently needed to prevent the forced eviction of several families and to restore access to drinking water. The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR), along with its Bulgarian partner Equal Opportunities Association (EOA), represent the Dobri Jeliazkov community in Sofia, Bulgaria in their struggle to prevent the […]
Published in Tuesday March 22nd, 2011
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GENEVA (22 March 2011) – On the occasion of World Water Day, 22 March 2011, the UN Independent Expert on water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque, the Independent Expert on extreme poverty, Magdalena Sepúlveda, and the Special Rapporteur on housing, Ms. Raquel Rolnik, issued the following joint statement:
Published in Saturday February 1st, 2003
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The right to water is a prerequisite for the exercise of the right to adequate housing. Those most affected by the lack of access to adequate water are children, the elderly and people with illnesses. The privatization of water resources has a negative impact on the poorest segments of society. The emphasis on profit in […]
