Summary: The Protocol aims to protect human health and wellbeing by better water management and by preventing, controlling and reducing water-related diseases. The Protocol provides a sound framework for the translation into practice of the human right to water and sanitation.
Signed: 17/06/1999
Sanctioned and promulgated: 07/05/2004
International ratification: 29/06/2004
Entry into force: 04/08/2005