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Through research, publications, and
dialogue among practitioners and academics, the Carr Center's Human Rights to Water and
Sanitation Program seeks to provide critical guidance on how the human rights to water
and sanitation can influence law and policy. Nearly one billion people lack access to
drinking water, nearly 2.6 billion people lack access to sanitation, and nearly 1.6
million people die every year from preventable water and sanitation-related diseases.
In 2010,
the UN General Assembly and UN Human Rights Council recognized a human right to water and
sanitation, which means that everyone, without discrimination, should have access to
adequate amounts of safe, accessible, affordable, acceptable water and sanitation.
Understanding how to translate this mandate into practical policy mechanisms requires
wrestling not only with matters of science, technology and management, but also with
fundamental legal, political and moral questions. In 2010, the Carr Center created
the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Program to examine these critically important
issues.
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Contact Us:
If you are interested in learning more about the Carr Center's Right to Water Program, please contact Sharmila Murthy or Mark Williams, both fellows at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.
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