A/HRC/6/3 page 20 (c) Regional mechanisms: judicial or quasi-judicial human rights mechanisms at the regional level have also addressed and developed specific jurisprudence on issues related to safe drinking water and sanitation, notably in relation to the pollution of water and access to safe drinking water for detainees.62 The European Committee on Social Rights has also addressed issues related to access to safe drinking water in relation to article 16 of the European Social Charter which provides for the right of the family to social, legal and economic protection;63 (d) National courts: a number of courts have adjudicated certain aspects of human rights obligations in relation to access to safe drinking water - notably in relation to the pollution of water resources and disconnections - or have derived a right to access safe drinking water from the enjoyment of other human rights, such as the right to life or the right to a healthy environment;64 (e) National human rights institutions (NHRIs): a number of national human rights institutions have a specific mandate for economic, social and cultural rights.65 Submissions received from NHRIs highlight the fact that some of them already work on issues pertaining to safe drinking water and sanitation and monitor related States’ obligations;66 62 African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights: Free Legal Assistance Group et. al. v. Zaire, communication 25/89, 47/90, 56/91 and 100/93; The Social and Economic Rights Action Center and the Center for Economic and Social Rights v. Nigeria, communication 155/96. See also decisions of the European Court of Justice case C-266/99 (1999/C-281/06) and case 69/99 (1999/C 1999/069); Menores Communidad Paynemil s/accion de amparo, Expte. 311-CA-1997. Sala II. Camara de Aplicaciones en lo Civil, Neuquen, 19 May 1997. 63 European Roma Rights Centre v Greece, complaint No. 15/2003 (8 December 2004). 64 See for instance, Francis Coralie Mullin v. The Adminstrator, Union Territory of Delhi 1981 (2) SCR 516; Narmada Bachao Andolan v. Union of India (2000) 10 SCC 664, at 767; Residents of Bon Vista Mansions v. Southern Metropolitan Local Council 2002 (6) BCLR 625 (W); Bill of Review, 0208625-3, Special Jurisdiction Appellate Court of Parana; Quevedo Miguel Angel y otros c/Aguas Cordobesas SA. Amparo, Cordoba City Juez Sustituta de Primera Instancia y 51 Nominacion e4n 10 Civil y Comercial de la Ciudad de Cordoba, 8 April 2002; Menores Communidad Paynemil s/acción de amparo ibid. 65 Economic, social and cultural rights: a handbook for national human rights institutions, OHCHR 2005. 66 See for instance the submissions received from NHRIs in Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has assessed the implementation of the right to water in Kenya in one of its annual reports: Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, The State of Human Rights Report 2003-2004 (Nairobi 2005).