Sustainability and non-retrogression in the realisation of the rights to water and sanitation 2013, para. 14
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A retrogressive measure is one that, directly or indirectly, leads to backward steps in the enjoyment of human rights. Examples include raising the price of services disproportionately so that poor people can no longer afford water and sanitation, and letting infrastructure deteriorate due to a lack of investment in operation and maintenance. In times of financial and economic crisis, retrogressive measures are more common and their impacts often exacerbated by austerity measures.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation