The Human Rights-Based Approach to Development - The Right to Water

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WaterWiki-resources: Human Rights-Based Approach | The Right to Water - WHO Publication | International Conference on the Right to Water and Sanitation in Theory and Practice | Q&A: The Right to Water | General Comment 15 (2002) | Q&A: Water Governance | Water and Health | Equitable Access to Water and Human Rights | European Union Water Framework Directive | Essay: What exactly is “The Right to Water”? | Protocol on Water and Health | International Decade for Action: Water for Life | Sanitation | HRBA-Food Linkages | Human Rights-Based Approach Strategies adopted by UNICEF Laos | Utility Privatisation through the Lens of Human Rights | The Right to Water - From Concept to Implementation | The Human Right to Water:Translating Theory into Practice | Report of the Seminar on Human Rights and MDGs, May 2009
External resources: COHRE Manual on the Right to Water and Sanitation | Protocol on Water and Health - Full Document) | The Human Rights-Based Approach to Development - The Right to Water | Wolfgang Sachs Sept 03 - Environment and Human Rights | Workshop on Water and Health 14-16 May, Bucharest, Romania - Background paper of the workshop | The Right to Water Website

Publication Title

The Human Rights-Based Approach to Development: The Right to Water

Publication Type

Article (Netherland Institute of Human Rights)

Author(s)

Emilie Filmer-Wilson

Publication Date

2005

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Summary

The Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) to development puts human rights at the heart of human development. It sets the achievement of of human rights obligations as an objective of development aid and integrates human rights principles into the development process. Based on the experience of development agencies and using the right to water as an example, this article identifies the practical implications and added value of the RBA. The RBA establishes the obligations of States to ensure that basic water needs are met and empowers communities to claim their right; it identifies and addresses the root causes for lack of access to water; and it places people at the centre of the development process. Translating this complex approach into practice is challenging. Yet taking the extra steps to adopt the RBA will improve the overall impact and sustainability of development aid.

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 Emilie Filmer-Wilson Rights based approach water.pdf

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