human right to water [ right to water ]

water damage

run-of-the-river hydroelectric plant [ run-of-the-river plant | run-of-river power plant | run-of-river power station | run-of-river power house | river-run plant | river power plant ]

water monitoring

fresh water screen man

FDHA Ordinance of 23 November 2005 on Drinking, Spring and Mineral Water

water right

Stresses that the right to water goes hand in hand with the right to food, and that the UN resolution of 2010 has not yet resulted in decisive action to establish the right to water as a human right; calls on the EU to consider the proposal of the Italian Committee for a World Water Contract (CICMA) for an optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

2. Recognises the international human right to water and sanitation as a basic human right, as reaffirmed in UN General Assembly resolution 64/292; believes that the right to water should guarantee everyone sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic use, in a fair and equal manner; urges the Commission to engage in the Sustainable Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda process with a view to ensuring that future goals and targets are rights-sensitive, including in respect of the right to water;

6. Urges that the ‘human right to water’ be included in the list of universal fundamental human rights, including the right to sufficient water of an appropriate quality, to satisfy the explicit right to life and the broader rights to health and well-being;

45. Welcomes the resolution adopted in September 2013 by the UNHRC on the right to safe drinking water and sanitation, and the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on this issue, specifically through the development of a handbook on how to implement the right to safe drinking water and sanitation; calls on the EEAS, the EU Member States and the UNHRC to maintain focus on this often neglected but vitally important human right to water and sanitation;