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Human rights

PSI Communicators' Action Network visits the Human Rights League of Tunisia (Ligue Tunisienne pour la défense des droits de l'Homme, Nov 3, 2011. Photo: Maria Wattne

Human Rights League of Tunisia (LTDH)

24 November 2011

PSI Communicators' Action Network visits the Human Rights League of Tunisia (Ligue Tunisienne pour la défense des droits de l'Homme, Nov 3, 2011. Photo: Maria Wattne

Sanitation in Senegal: “High time to move from words to action”

21 November 2011

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque, warned on 21 November 2011 that the Government of Senegal has failed to invest adequately in Sanitation.

“Stop flushing your rights away, invest in sanitation,” says UN expert on World Toilet Day

20 November 2011

United Nations expert on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation Catarina de Albuquerque today called on States to devote more resources to sanitation, to use existing ones more effectively, and to begin treating adequate access to toilets as a human right with serious implications for the enjoyment of other fundamental rights.

Europe

10 November 2011

PSI is represented in Europe by the European Federation of Public Service Unions, based in Brussels. For more on our activities in this region, please see the EPSU website

You can also view a list of European affiliates or contact European regional offices

Inter-America

10 November 2011

In North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, 140 labor organizations in 35 countries are affiliated to PSI, with a total membership of about 3.3 million workers. The regional office is currently based in São Paulo, Brazil. Contact the regional offices.

Asia Pacific

10 November 2011

PSI's Asia and Pacific region covers 122 unions in 22 countries and related territories with a membership of two million workers. The regional office is based in Singapore. Contact the regional offices.

Africa & Arab countries

10 November 2011

Africa and Arab countries form one of the four regions in the PSI structure. Our 153 affiliated organisations in some 43 countries represent a membership of around 1.5 million people here. The regional secretariat is based in Lomé, Togo. Contact our regional offices.

Ecuador: Violations of rights and contract provisions in the water sector

01 November 2011

Ecuador citizens’ movement oversight committee recommends full scale inquiry into the violations of rights and contract provisions by the private operator of Guayaquil water and sanitation, a company jointly owned by Bechtel of USA and Edison Spa of Italy.

How privatisation undermines the human right to water

15 October 2011

Recent analysis published by Food & Water Europe shows that poor, rural communities with weak governments can better deliver safe, clean, affordable water to their residents by partnering with one another.

Annual Report 2010

3 Apr 2011

In the face of widening cuts to public services and attacks on the rights of public sector workers around the world, leaders of private and public sector trade unions, municipal governments and civil society groups made the unprecedented joint commitment to work together to promote investment in quality public services backed by fair taxation policies as the key solution to the economic crisis, and the best way to build peaceful, equitable, democratic and environmentally-sustainable societies.