Service regulation and human rights to water and sanitation 2017, para. 35
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Regulation by contract can be combined with supervision by regulatory actors. In these cases, service standards and tariffs agreed upon by the parties to the contract have to be approved by the regulatory actor. The intervention and the oversight of the contract by a regulatory actor, if oriented by the human rights framework, can contribute to the realization of the rights to water and sanitation.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation