GENEVA (29 November 2022) -- The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, will visit the Republic of Peru from 1 to 15 December 2022.

The Special Rapporteur will meet with State authorities and officials at national and municipal level, civil society organisations and individuals. He will analyse the key elements of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation such as accessibility, quality and safety and affordability. In addition, the UN expert is interested in water governance mechanisms and the impact of pollution and climate change on the country's hydrologic map.

The Special Rapporteur will share his preliminary findings at a press conference on Thursday 15 December 2022 at 11:30-13.30 local time in the Conference Room of the International Labour Organization in Lima - C. Las Flores 275. Access to the press conference will be strictly limited to accredited journalists who should send an email to juan.casapiaboero@un.org, and favarato@ilo.org .

A link to the press conference online will be provided after registering here.

The final report containing findings and recommendations will be presented at the 54th session of the Human Rights Council in September 2023.

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Mr. Pedro Arrojo-Agudo is the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation. He was appointed by the Human Rights Council in September 2020. From 2016 to 2019, Mr. Arrojo-Agudo served as an elected member of the Spanish Parliament. He was Professor in the Area of Fundamentals of Economic Analysis at the University of Zaragoza from 1989 to 2011 and has been professor emeritus since 2011. During the last three decades, he has focused his research on economics and water management, publishing his work in more than 100 scientific articles and in 70 books.

The Special Rapporteurs are part of what is known as the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. Special Procedures, the largest body of independent experts in the UN Human Rights system, is the general name of the Council’s independent fact-finding and monitoring mechanisms that address either specific country situations or thematic issues in all parts of the world. Special Procedures’ experts work on a voluntary basis; they are not UN staff and do not receive a salary for their work. They are independent from any government or organization and serve in their individual capacity.
UN Human Rights, Country Page: Peru