Applications Invited for Fourth Human Rights Youth Challenge

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Fourth Human Rights Youth Challenge

About the Organization:

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights) is the leading UN entity on human rights. The United Nations human rights programme aims to ensure that the protection and enjoyment of human rights is a reality in the lives of all people. UN Human Rights also plays a crucial role in safeguarding the integrity of the three interconnected pillars of the United Nations – peace and security, human rights and development. UN Human Rights provides assistance in the form of technical expertise and capacity-development in order to support the implementation of international human rights standards on the ground.

Background:

The water and sanitation sector is in need of new ideas on how to raise awareness that access to water and sanitation are human rights. In order to involve and to hear from youth in this paradigm shift, the series of Human Rights Youth Challenge, organized by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, is an opportunity for youth to show knowledge, understanding and passion about the human rights to water and sanitation by creating original content. The former Special Rapporteur, Leo Heller, organized three Human Rights Youth Challenges (see Annex).

This year, on the World Water Day (22 March 2021), the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation– together with the Permanent Mission of Spain, the Permanent Mission of Germany, UNESCO-IHP, UNEP , UN-Water and the Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, Mr. David Boyd - invites youth ages between 16 to 24 to produce a video on “the impact of climate change on the human rights to drinking water and sanitation” The winner will be announced in mid-June 2021.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Youth aged between 16 -24 are invited to produce a video (2-5 minutes) on climate change and human rights to water and sanitation.
• Any language with subtitles in English, French, or Spanish.

Prize:

• The UN Special Rapporteur will invite the winner to join him and to speak at a side-event to Human Rights Council in September 2021.

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