Water and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – Discussing Nordic Approaches

Thursday 21 August
Lunch Side Event

Convenor: Swedish Water House Cluster Group on Water and Rights, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Church of Sweden

12:05-13:25          Room K16/K17

The right to water is part of the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, a set of rights which receives different levels of attention from the Nordic countries. This divergence, and the resulting different approaches to the right to water, will be discussed in a constructive and comparative dialogue between representatives from the Nordic governments. The event will highlight the cultural and historical context in which the view on ESC-rights has been formed in each country in order to better understand future areas for action on the right to water.