Contributions received

Over 100 contributions were received from States, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), local governments, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the business sector, universities and individuals. These contributions included responses to the OHCHR questionnaire, along with publications, articles and books.

Links are provided below to the responses to the OHCHR questionnaires.

States

1. Albania
2. Algeria
3. Austria
4. Bahrain
5. Bangladesh
6. Belgium
7. Bolivia
8. Bosnia and Herzegovina
9. Burkina Faso
10. Costa Rica
11. Cuba
12. Cyprus
13. Finland
14. France
15. Germany
16. Guatemala
17. Ireland
18. Jamaica
19. Japan
20. Lebanon [Arabic] [English]
21. Libya
22. Madagascar
23. Mauritius
24. Mexico and Add.1
25. Morocco
26. Myanmar
27. Oman
28. Panama
29. Paraguay
30. Philippines
31. Portugal
32. Qatar [Arabic 1 and 2] [English]
33. Romania
34. Russian Federation
35. Sudan
36. Switzerland
37. Syria [Arabic] [English]
38. Turkey
39. United Kingdom
40. United States of America
41. Venezuela

Intergovernmental Organizations

1. ECLAC
2. FAO
3. IFAD
4. IFCCC
5. UNCTAD
6. UNDP Costa Rica
7. UNDP Ecuador
8. UNDP Venezuela
9. UNEP
10. UNESCO
11. UNHCR
12. UN-Habitat and UNITAR
13. UN- Nicaragua
14. WASH
15. WHO
16. WFP
17. World Bank

Local Governments

1. Municipio de Colon, Colombia
2. Sao Paulo, Brazil

National Human Rights Institutions

1. Honduras, Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos
2. Panamá, Defensoria del Pueblo de la Republica de Panamá
3. Paraguay, Defensoria del Paraguay
4. Peru, Defensoria del Pueblo
5. Puerto Rico, Procurador del Ciudadano
6. Venezuela, Defensoria del Pueblo

Civil Society

1. Académie de l'Eau
2. Aotearoa Indigenous Rights Charitable Trust (New-Zealand)
3. Agua Sustentable, Fundación Solón, Asociación Nacional de Riego y Sistemas Comunitarios de Agua Potable y Saneamiento (ANARESCAPYS), Federaciòn Regional Unica de Trabajadores Campesinos del Altiplano Sud (FRUTCAS), Federacion Sindical Unica de Mujeres Campesinas Bartolina Sisa (FSUMCAS), Comite de Defensa del Rio Pilcomayo (CODERIP)
4. Association Suisse pour le Contrat Mondial de l'Eau (ACME)
5. Blue Planet Project (Council of Canadians)
6. CARE Denmark & USA
7. Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies on Environment and Development (CISED)
8. Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)
9. Centro de Asesoria Laboral del Perú (CEDAL)
10. Coalition Eau
11. Coalition of Mexican Organisations on the Right to Water (COMDA)
12. Corporate Accountability International
13. European Council on Environmental Law
14. Freshwater Action Network
15. Food and Water Watch
16. Forgotten People
17. France Libertés
18. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
19. International Indian Treaty Council (submission)
20. International Organization on Indigenous Resource Development (submission)
21. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) (cover letter with submission)
22. Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarollo
23. Polaris Institute
24. Public Services International
25. REDES-Amigos de la Tierra
26. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
27. Sierra Club
28. Survival International
29. Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
30. WALIR (Water Law and Indigenous Law)
31. Wateraid
32. Water for the People Network Asia
33. WILPF (Women's League for Peace and Freedom)
34. World Council of Churches
35. World Water Council
36. Letter to the High Commissioner signed by several NGOs

Private Sector

1. Aquafed 1 and 2
2. Suez
3. Veolia
4. World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Universities

1. City University of Hong Kong, School of Law
2. Technical University of Berlin
3. University of KwalaZulu-Natal, School of Development Studies

Special Rapporteurs

1. Jean Ziegler, Special Rapporteur on the right to food
2. Paul Hunt, Special Rapporteur on the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

Individuals

1. Indigenous People from Canada
2. Aniza García
3. Gladys Prada y Juan Camilo Mira
4. Abel Enrique Rusler