A/72/127
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to
safe drinking water and sanitation
Summary
The present report complements the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the
realization of the human rights to water and sanitation in development cooperation
(A/71/302). The Special Rapporteur examines, through six case studies, how funders
contribute to the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation and respond
to related challenges and gaps. He proposes the concept of a “human rights
development cycle” as a framework for funders to safeguard and implement the
human rights to water and sanitation in their development cooperation activities. In
accordance with that framework, he provides a critical assessment of how funders
incorporate the normative contents of the human rights to water and sanitation and
human rights principles in their policies, strategies and operational tools, as well as
how those rights are implemented in the project selection, design, implementation,
assessment and monitoring stages.
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