Paris, New York - March 22, 2023

United Nations Water Conference - Position Paper

As the United Nations Water Conference opens in New York on March 22, 2023, Coalition Eau, of which we are members, is publishing a position paper.

On the occasion of this first intergovernmental meeting on water for 46 years and of World Water Day 2023, we recommend the establishment of intergovernmental meetings for water and sanitation at the United Nations.

Find our position paper here (in French) and follow the activities of Coalition Eau and its members in New York on Twitter @CoalitionEau.

  • 2020

    • Niger: joint submission for the UPR - October 2020
    • Mozambique: joint submission for the UPR -  October 2020 - in French
    • Joint letter to the UN Treaty Bodies and the OHCHR - October 2020 
    • Call for a Global Fund fo social protection - September 2020
    • Our platform for ESCR in Africa launches an annual campaign on the right to social protection - July 2020
    • Open letter : Beijing+25: The Road to Gender Equality begins with Girls’ Education  - July 2020
    • Guinea: report on the impact of extractive industries on economic and social rights - January 2020 - in French (not public)
  • 2019

    • Senegal: Report on the right to education in Senegal - SIDH Senegal with the support of Human Dignity - September 2019 - in French
    • Joint press release : Historic recognition by States of the Abidjan Principles on the right to education by top UN human rights body - July 2019
      2018 annual report - June 2019
    • Newsletter 6 - June 2019
    • DRC : Report on the impact of cooper and cobalt exploitation on women's rights in Sakania - ACIDH with the support of Human Dignity - June 2019 - in French
    • Côte d'Ivoire : RIDDEF submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, with the support of Human Dignity - June 2019 - in French
  • 2018

    • Newsletter 5 - December 2018
    • Joint submission for the UPR of Côte d'Ivoire - in French only - October 2018
    • Newsletter 4 - July 2018
    • 2017 Annual report - May 2018
    • Joint oral declaration on the ESCR situation in Mauritania during the 62d session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights  - in French only - April 2018
    • Open letter to President Macron - Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas - In French - March 2018 
    • Open letter to investors to cease support to Bridge International Academies to protect the right to education - March 2018
    • Report on the impact of extractive industries in Niger on economic and social rights - in French - February 2018
  • 2017

  • 2016

    • Burundi: Joint report on women and girls' ESCR - October 2016
    • NGO paper for meeting with the CESCR and the Human Rights Committee - June 2016
    • 2015 Annual report - May 2016
    • Joint letter to member States to support the resolution on defenders working on ESCR - March 2016
    • Kenya: Joint parallel report and statement - February 2016
    • Namibia: Nangof Trust submission to the CESCR, with the support of Human Dignity - Feburary 2016
  • 2015

    • Burundi: Joint press release: The CESCR concerned about the lack of implementation of the Covenant in Burundi - October 2015 (in French)
    • Burkina Faso: CIDOC submission to the CESCR, with the support of Human Dignity - September 2015
    • Namibia: Joint submission to the CESCR - September 2015
    • Kenya: Joint submission to the CESCR - September 2015
    • Newsletter n°3 - August 2015
    • NGOs' recommendations to the Chairpersons of the UN Treaty Bodies - June 2015
    • Joint press release : deep concerns about the World Bank support for privatisation in education - May 2015
    • 2014 Annual report - May 2015
    • Burundi : Joint submission to the CESCR - January 2015
  • 2014