Water for human consumption

“The human right to water”, declares the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, “entitles everyone to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic use.” These five core attributes represent the foundations for water security. They also represent the benchmarks for a human right that is widely and systematically violated for a large section of humanity. For some 1.1 billion people, sufficient, safe, acceptable, accessible and affordable water for life is a hope for the future, not a reality for the present.

Related Subject(s): Economic and Social Development