Development cooperation and the human rights to water and sanitation 2017, para. 25
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- Certain key elements of the normative content of the human rights to water and sanitation are found in the water and sanitation sectoral intervention framework, 2014-2018, a guiding reference for the activities of the French Development Agency. In that document, the human rights to water and sanitation are recognized; however, the framework of those human rights is incorporated selectively throughout a variety of the strategic areas instead of occupying a clearly prominent role. For instance, one priority strategy aims to provide sustainable access to water and sanitation services for all, with a scope of action extending from urban areas to rural areas for the sanitation subsector. The objectives of that strategy demonstrate attention to human rights aspects: permanent, continuous access to water and sanitation services; affordable services through mechanisms that consider the most vulnerable populations, such as social tariffs; and water quality corresponding to World Health Organization parameters. The strategy also contains provisions suggesting that acceptability of systems will be attributed importance. However, in citing only a “greater involvement” of users in that respect, the Agency does not effectively provide a guarantee that users will be able to participate and make their views considered systematically and with priority.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph focus
- Policy frameworks of funders
- Paragraph number
- 25
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