UN Calls Attention To World Toilet Day
(Geneva) -- The United Nations is calling for better toilet facilities for prisoners worldwide.
Ahead of World Toilet Day on November 19th, the group says states and governments are obliged to make sure all prisoners have safe, sanitary toilet facilities.
In a statement, UN investigators said that without toilets, quote, "detention conditions are inhumane, and contrary to the basic human dignity that underpins all human rights." They also warned that lack of clean toilets can lead to illness and disease in correctional facilities.
World Toilet Day is promoted by the World Toilet Organization.
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