Instruments related to the right to water and sanitation

International Human Rights Treaties and their Protocols

- The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (art. 14 (2)).

- International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 161 concerning Occupational Health Services (art. 5).

- The Convention on the Rights of the Child (arts. 24 and 27 (3)).

- The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (art. 28).

Regional instruments

- The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.

- The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa.

- The Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (art. 11.1).

- The Arab Charter on Human Rights (art. 39).

International declarations, norms and other standards

- General Comment No. 15 (2002), the right to water. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

- Human Rights Council Decision 2/104 - Human Rights and Access to Water - in English, French and Spanish