NEW read WHY WE NEED AN INTERNATIONAL WATER CONVENTION 
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The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted the human right to water on November 26, 2002. Public Citizen has pushed for the adoption by the United Nations - the Economic, Social and Cultural Committee now has to introduce this decision to international legislation in order to enforce the right. Similar language needs to be introduced to the wider United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund - organizations that have all moved against introducing this right and instead focused on privatization and cost-recovery, thereby undermining the right to water.
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The Commission on Human Rights: on the impact of globalization on the realization of housing rights, including the effects of privatization of water services
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Water is a human right, but a billion lack access: Public Citizen Statement at the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development
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The Water Caucus Statement: The right to water and the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development
In the News:
2005
Aug. 14: Filipino water activists challenge UN to denounce privatization
