Development cooperation and the human rights to water and sanitation 2017, para. 59
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- In some projects assessed, especially those targeting rural areas, the level of the technological solution is not intrinsically problematic. However, the lack of a plan to manage or, when necessary, upgrade those solutions in the future risks jeopardizing their long-term ability to comply with human rights requirements. It is essential for funders and partner States to have a vision of how those projects will be managed in the long term in order to provide sustainable services that deter retrogressions in the realization of human rights. This must be done with consideration of specific contexts and should involve adequate planning measures. When more than one intervention is required to provide an acceptable level of service to a community, it is essential for the intermediate levels of service to be as safe as possible and to facilitate scaling up with the least amount of financial losses and in the most sustainable fashion possible. Indeed, decisions related to project planning must take great care to avoid investments that fully replace previous services in the same location instead of upgrading those solutions. Otherwise, such investments risk representing an irresponsible use of public funds and a possible compromise of other human rights (A/70/203, para. 88).
- 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)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph focus
- Project selection, design and implementation
- Paragraph number
- 59
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