Catarina de Albuquerque: appointed as Independent Expert on right to water and sanitation

Catarina de Albuquerque

In March 2008, the Human Rights Council, by its resolution 7/22, decided to appoint an Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation. At its September 2008 session, the Human Rights Council appointed Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque as Independent Expert, for a period of three years. Ms. de Albuquerque [took up] her functions on 1 November 2008.

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