The UNDP-SIWI Water Governance Facility is hosting a high-level webinar bringing together two UN experts – Dr Léo Heller, Special Rapporteur on “the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation”, and Dr David R. Boyd, Special Rapporteur on “Human Rights and the Environment”. Their conversation is moderated by Catarina de Albuquerque, SWA and f. Special Rapporteur on the HRWS. The virtual session brings together actors involved in the realization of human rights during the past decade, including the two Special Rapporteurs, alongside others with stakes in water resources management and climate change adaptation across the globe.
The webinar will ask questions such as:
To what extent do the mandates of the two Special Rapporteurs overlap, and where are the gaps or obstacles to furthering the realization of the respective rights under their mandates?
What roles do different stakeholders play and how can understanding of the successes and challenges of using human rights in [court litigation and other] action on climate change be increased?
