UN recognises separate, distinct right to sanitation
Post date: Dec 18, 2015 1:10:5 PM
On 17 December 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution which for the first time recognises the distinction between the human right to water and the human right to sanitation. The resolution also highlights the gender-specific impacts of inadequate services and includes strong language on accountability.
Amnesty International, WASH United and Human Rights Watch issued astatement welcoming this step and the additional clarification of States’ obligations contained in General Assembly resolution 70/169.
In early November 2015, 37 NGOs including the three mentioned above, issued ajoint statement in support of the draft resolution.