September 14, 2023
54th Session of the Human Rights Council – Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
September 14, 2023
As Pope Francis has said, “[o]ur right to water gives rise to an inseparable duty. We are obliged to proclaim this essential human right and to defend it – as we have done – but we also need to work concretely to bring about political and juridical commitments in this regard. Every state is called to implement, also through juridical instruments, the Resolutions approved by the United Nations General Assembly since 2010 concerning the human right to a secure supply of drinking water. Similarly, non-state actors are required to assume their own responsibilities with respect to this right.”