On Human Rights Day: The Human Right to Water, Especially during a Pandemic

Today, Northeastern Law School's Program on the Human Rights  and the Global Economy (PHRGE) released a new report, "Disconnected: How Household Water Shutoffs during the COVID Pandemic Violate the Human Right to Water."  A copy of the report is available here. 

This report is the latest in PHRGE's series of in-depth reports on household water, sanitation, and human rights in the United States.  The other publications, ranging from a user-friendly guide to using FOIL laws to get information on water access to an analysis of grassroots activism aroung water issues, are available here.

Are the efforts around the country working?  Are folks in your communities, including water policymakers, beginning to recognize that water and sanitation are human rights and taking action accordingly?