The World Council of Churches has challenged Britain's refusal to recognise access to safe sanitation as a legally-binding human right.

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has declared that the right to water and sanitation is to be recognised as legally binding.

A global body representing 80 million Protestants has asked its members to give support to a campaign for access to water as a basic human right.

As the season of Lent draws near, the Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) is inviting Christians to mark the occasion with reflection and action on some urgent water justice concerns.