Access to Water

Making access to drinking water an effective right for all The members of the French Water Partnership support the 2010 United Nations General Assembly declaration which recognizes the right to drinking water and sanitation as a human right. Yet despite this declaration, this right is far from being a reality for all human beings. According to the WHO and UNICEF (JMP 2014 report), 1.8 billion people currently consume water contaminated by fecal matter. The question therefore remains as to how this right should be implemented, particularly as issues differ significantly between countries, and urban and rural areas.