Development cooperation and the human rights to water and sanitation 2017, para. 1
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In 2016, the Special Rapporteur submitted a report on the human rights to water and sanitation and development cooperation to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session (A/71/302). In that first report, the human rights obligations of bilateral and multilateral funders in that regard were clarified and funders’ human rights approaches, the evolution of development cooperation in the sector and trends in funding patterns were examined. The analysis and findings in that report were based on information from policy documents, academic works and submissions received in response to a questionnaire sent to States and other key stakeholders.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation