For the last couple of years, the GTZ Water Sector Reform Programme in Kenya has been working with a human rights-based approach in water sector reform, accompanied by advice from human rights lawyers based at GTZ and the German Institute for Human Rights. Thomas Levin, from the Competence Center Water at GTZ, and Andrea Kämpf, German Institute for Human Rights, reflect on their respective perspectives and experiences with regard to human rights-based approach in the water and sanitation sector.