A/HRC/RES/33/10 and sanitation services,2 and the annual report submitted to the Council at its thirty-third session on gender equality in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation; 3 5. Also takes note with appreciation of the annual report of the previous mandate holder submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session on the right to participation in the context of realizing the right to safe drinking water and sanitation 4 and the annual report of the current Special Rapporteur submitted to the General Assembly at its seventieth session on the human rights framework for water, sanitation and hygiene and the relevant human rights standards and principles that serve to assess different levels and types of services;5 6. Reaffirms that States have the primary responsibility to ensure the full realization of all human rights and must take steps, nationally and through international assistance and cooperation, especially economic and technical, to the maximum of their available resources, to achieve progressively the full realization of the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation by all appropriate means, including in particular the adoption of legislative measures in the implementation of their human rights obligations; 7. Stresses the important role of international cooperation and technical assistance by States, specialized agencies of the United Nations system and international and development partners, and by donor agencies, in particular in the timely achievement of the relevant Sustainable Development Goals, and urges development partners to adopt a human rights-based approach when designing, implementing and monitoring development programmes in support of national initiatives and plans of action relating to the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation; 8. Underlines the importance of an effective remedy for violations of economic, social and cultural rights, including the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, and in this regard of judicial, quasi-judicial and other appropriate remedies, including procedures initiated by or on behalf of individuals or, as appropriate, groups of individuals, and of adequate procedures to avoid infringements of such rights with a view to ensuring justice for all for violations in the context of the realization of the rights to water and sanitation as components of the right to an adequate standard of living, including taking the measures necessary to ensure that women and girls and persons at risk have equal access to effective remedies; 9. Notes with concern that, in spite of all efforts, gender inequalities still exist in the realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, and therefore calls upon States: (a) To identify, with a view to repealing and reforming them, all laws that have both direct and indirect discriminatory consequences with regard to the equal enjoyment of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, and with regard to gender-based violence; (b) To take action to tackle systemic inequalities and to meet their obligations to effectively achieve substantive gender equality in the enjoyment of the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, including through the implementation of targeted genderresponsive policies, budgets and measures that go beyond enacting formal provisions; 2 3 4 5 4 A/HRC/30/39. A/HRC/33/49. A/69/213. A/70/203.