Participation in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 44
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Another approach is having an explicit discussion on the rules for deliberation, accompanied by a conscious attempt to draw out the voices of marginalized individuals. Otherwise, the process can easily default to existing patterns and hierarchies, with their attendant unacknowledged communication protocols. Two different approaches demonstrate this. Villagers serving on health watch committees in Bangladesh were inducted through a series of workshops, at which they agreed on the rules of deliberation (when and how to speak, addressing every member with respect, etc.). The minutes of meetings of the health watch committees show evidence of genuine balanced deliberations, whereas a similar initiative, where no rules on deliberation were agreed, was dominated by the voices of medical professionals and members with higher social status.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation