The UN Human Rights Council concludes its Sixtieth Regular Session after Adopting 35 Resolutions, One Decision and One President’s Statement.
In a resolution (A/HRC/60/L.10) on The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, adopted without a vote, the Council decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (SRWatSan) for a period of three years; requests the Special Rapporteur to continue to report, on an annual basis, to the Council and, on a biennial basis, to the General Assembly as of its eightieth session; and also requests the Special Rapporteur, with a view to promoting the progressive realisation of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation at the 2026 United Nations Water Conference and the 2028 United Nations Conference on the Final Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028, to actively engage in collaboration with States and other stakeholders in the preparatory process to ensure that the human rights dimension, including gender equality, is adequately reflected in the agenda and outcome of the conferences, and to ensure broad and inclusive civil society representation, and to this end to participate actively in the conferences and their preparatory meetings.
