UN expert slams Dutch court decision to disconnect children from water supply

A United Nations Special Rapporteur has spoken out after a Dutch court ruled that children do not have a right to water in their home if their parents fail to pay the bills. Judges at the District Court of the Hague found last April that children’s rights are not infringed if a water company cuts off the supply.

Defence for Children and Dutch human rights lawyers association NJCM had argued that under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights, children have the right to clean water. The organisations sued two water companies and the Dutch government, arguing that as a legal principle, families with children must not be cut off.

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• Water Rights
• Human Rights