Third Human Rights Youth Challenge on Water and Sanitation Sector

Third Human Rights Youth Challenge on Water and Sanitation Sector

Third Human Rights Youth Challenge on Water and Sanitation Sector - Third Human Rights Youth Challenge focuses on Private Sector Participation in Water and Sanitation Sector.

The Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation is organizing the Third Human Rights Youth Challenge and invites youth aged between 24 and 32 years to submit a 2000 word essay on “private sector participation in the water and sanitation sector: a human rights perspective”.

The submission will be in a form of an essay focusing on one case study.

Participants are free to choose a case, which focuses on various forms and models of private sector participation in the water and sanitation sector and analyse gaps in human rights protection and impact on the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation.

The challenge, organised by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation, is an opportunity for applicants to show their knowledge, understanding and passion about the human rights to water and sanitation by creating original content.

The challenge is co-organised together with UN Water, the Permanent Missions of Spain, the Permanent Mission of Germany, UNESCO-IHP, AquaFed, Public Services International, Franciscans International and the Water Youth Network.

The 3rd Youth Challenge is made possible through the financial support of the Government of Spain and the Government of Germany.

Theme

The theme of the 3rd Human Rights Youth Challenge is: “private sector participation in the water and sanitation sector: a human rights perspective”.

The theme of the 3rd Human Rights Youth Challenge is also the theme of the Special Rapporteur’s report for 2020 on the analysis of private sector participation in the water and sanitation sector from a human rights perspective.

In this report, he will assess challenges, risks and impacts – from a human rights perspective – of various models of private sector participation in water and sanitation services.

Prize Information

The UN Special Rapporteur will invite the winner to join him during an expert consultation, to discuss the impact of private sector participation in the water and sanitation sectors on the human rights to water and sanitation with key experts and stakeholders.

Eligibility Criteria