A/HRC/18/33
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
4 July 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Eighteenth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe
drinking water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque
Summary
The Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation,
Catarina de Albuquerque, submits the present report to the Human Rights Council in
accordance with Council resolutions 7/22 and 16/2. She focuses on national and local
planning for the implementation of the rights to water and to sanitation, highlighting the
importance of having a vision and political will to ensure the realization of those rights. She
outlines relevant existing frameworks for planning and the significance of integrating
human rights throughout the planning process from assessment and diagnosis, target
setting, the formulation and implementation of appropriate measures to monitoring and
evaluation. She continues by identifying a number of factors for successful planning
including sound legal frameworks and institutions, access to justice and clear designation
of responsibilities; adequate financing; participation and transparency; and nondiscrimination and equality. The final section of the report contains conclusions and
recommendations.
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