Participation in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 65
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- Even where participatory budgeting has not been adopted, some principles must be applied to enable the public to play a role in decisions on raising revenue and allocating resources. Information on the budget and financing processes must be made accessible. There must be public deliberation on any trade-offs between the different options from which the Government must choose; what residents identify as priorities is sometimes dissociated from the action that service providers and/or Governments take. During her visit to Brazil, the Special Rapporteur encountered an example. Residents of the Complexo do Alemão in Rio de Janeiro identified water and sanitation as their priority. However, the Government prioritized the construction of a cable car in the settlement (A/HRC/27/55/Add.1, para. 95). Meaningful participation would demand that residents' views be given due weight and that their priorities not be dismissed.
- 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)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 65
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