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On 28 July 2010 the Unit­ed Nations Gen­er­al Assem­bly declared safe and clean drink­ing water and san­i­ta­tion a human right. Maude Bar­low explains how this dec­la­ra­tion passed and how it has been used to actu­al­ly claim the right to water.

Bar­low is the Hon­orary Chair­per­son of the Coun­cil of Cana­di­ans and chairs the board of Wash­ing­ton-based Food and Water Watch. From 20082009, she served as Senior Advi­sor on Water to the 63rd Pres­i­dent of the Unit­ed Nations Gen­er­al Assem­bly and was a leader in the cam­paign to have water rec­og­nized as a human right by the UN. She is also the author of dozens of reports, as well as 19 books, includ­ing Blue Gold, Blue Covenant, Blue Future, and (in 2019) Whose Water Is It Anyway?