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International Standards relating 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

OHCHR’s work on the right to water

About water and sanitation

International standards

Publications and resources

Feature stories

Others involved

Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe water and sanitation

External links

World Health Organization