the human right to water and sanitation in emergency situations

Table of contents
6.7. Responsibilities of actors other than States ..................................................................................... 43
6.8. What does General Comment 15 say about emergency situations? ............................................. 44
Chapter 7 - Recognition in some human rights instruments targeted at specific groups:
focus on women and children ................................................................................................................. 47
Chapter 8 - Human rights obligations related to sanitation ............................................................... 49
8.1. Recognition under Human rights instruments ................................................................................. 49
8.2. Impetus given by the International Year of Sanitation (IYS) .............................................................. 50
Chapter 9 - Developments at the Human Rights Council .................................................................. 53
Chapter 10 - The human right to water and sanitation in situations of armed conflict:
the legal framework .................................................................................................................................. 57
10.1. Key message ................................................................................................................................. 57
10.2. Background ................................................................................................................................... 57
10.3. Protection of fresh water in time of armed conflict ........................................................................ 58
10.4. Is it a war crime to attack a population’s water supply? ................................................................ 62
10.5. Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 64
Chapter 11 - The right to water and sanitation in national legislation .............................................. 65
Chapter 12 - operational guidelines applying in emergency situations and the human
right to water and sanitation .................................................................................................................... 69
12.1. Key message ................................................................................................................................. 69
12.2. How is the human right to water included in the Sphere Standards? ........................................... 69
12.3. How is the human right to water and sanitation included in the
Operational Guidelines on Human Rights and Natural Disasters? ......................................................... 72
12.4. Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 74
PART 3 - ADVoCACY on THE RIGHT To WATER AnD SAnITATIon In EMERGEnCIES ........... 75
Chapter 13 - The principles of advocacy on the right to water and sanitation ............................... 76
13.1. Key message ................................................................................................................................. 76
13.2. What exactly is advocacy in emergencies? ................................................................................... 76
13.3. Added value of rights-based advocacy in emergencies................................................................ 77
13.4. Opportunities offered by a rights-based approach to advocacy ................................................... 80
13.5. Key challenges to rights-based water-related advocacy ............................................................... 81
Chapter 14 - Designing and implementing advocacy action on the right to water
in emergencies ........................................................................................................................................... 83
14.1. General principles in respect of the identification of violations of economic, social and
cultural rights............................................................................................................................................ 83
14.2. Identifying violations of the right to water ....................................................................................... 84
14.3. What types of advocacy should be undertaken in support of the right to water and sanitation? ..... 95
14.4. Developing an advocacy strategy ............................................................................................... 103
14.5. Conclusion .................................................................................................................................. 103
AnnEXES .............................................................................................................................................. 107
Annexe 1 30 years of WASH international political progress in brief ....................................................... 108
Annexe 2 Origin of the General Comment 15 .......................................................................................... 112
Annexe 3 Summary of the key international human rights instruments
of law that are relevant to the right to water ............................................................................. 113
Annexe 4 Key extracts from the Geneva Conventions and the two Additional Protocols
that are relevant for water protection ....................................................................................... 116
Annexe 5 Some common misunderstandings about the right to water and sanitation .......................... 118
BIBLIoGRAPHY ...................................................................................................................................... 119
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