Common violations of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 55
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- The prohibition of discrimination is of immediate effect, while positive measures and programmes to ensure substantive equality may require resource allocation and infrastructure development over time. The prohibition of discrimination allows for, and in many circumstances requires, differential treatment and other measures designed to eliminate systemic or structural discrimination. To identify inequalities, and progress towards eliminating them, States must develop monitoring mechanisms and collect disaggregated data. Moreover, States are obligated not only to eliminate discrimination resulting from State action or inaction, but also to "immediately adopt the necessary measures to prevent, diminish and eliminate the conditions and attitudes which cause or perpetuate substantive or de facto discrimination" including discrimination by private actors, which must include measures to combat stigmatization. Moreover, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities explicitly stipulates that denial of reasonable accommodation constitutes discrimination (art. 2).
- 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
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 55
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