nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/bb402184188df8cb DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251102s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/bb402184188df8cb doi eng 342 23 Thielbörger, Pierre Author aut In memoriam Catarina de Albuquerque - Mother of the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Thielbörger, Pierre Verfassungsblog 2025-11-02 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier With the sudden passing of Catarina de Albuquerque on 7 October 2025, the human rights community has lost a champion whose contribution to the promotion of socio-economic rights in the last twenty years can hardly be overstated. Many of us have also lost a dear colleague and mentor. The wave of public condolences and expressions of empathy following her sudden death has been remarkable. Catarina has been described to me as the “mother” of the human rights to water and sanitation – and this is how she will be remembered. CC BY-SA 4.0 Catarina de Albuquerque In memoriam Portugal socio-economic rights water and sanitation (DE-588)4046843-4 gnd Portugal Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/in-memoriam-catarina-de-albuquerque/ raw object