South Africa is one of only 52 countries that guarantee access to water as a human right. "Access" from a human rights perspective means that water is physically accessible, clean and safe for ...
María, a 41-year-old Indigenous Maya woman from Guatemala lives without access to running water. Three times a week, she makes a two-hour round trip to collect water from a well or ravine, sometimes ...
Did you know that in California, there’s a human right to affordable water? In 2012, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 685, adding this language to the state Water Code: “every human being has the ...
New Legislation Extends Prohibition on Tax Sales For Unpaid Water Bills to All Marylanders Annapolis, MD – Ahead of Wednesday’s start to the next state legislative session, water, housing and legal ...
Months after a container ship went down off the coast of India, toxic pollution still contaminates the water and plastic pellets still wash ashore. Meanwhile, cleanup efforts continue, fishing ...
WaterCAN has warned the South African Human Rights Commission’s Gauteng Water Crisis Inquiry not to allow the process to be another talk shop.
The South African Human Rights Commission will investigate Gauteng’s worsening water crisis.
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