Integrating non-discrimination and equality into the post-2015 development agenda for water, sanitation and hygiene 2012, para. 23
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As a final word on measures and monitoring, it must be noted that there are significant differences between the aim and purpose of indicators for human rights monitoring and indicators to be used in monitoring outcomes in the context of global development goals. In recent years there has been a greater effort to explore the use of indicators as human rights monitoring tools. Human rights monitoring indicators are designed to closely relate to specific legal norms. As such, they must reflect and effectively measure all elements of a right, including integration of cross-cutting human rights norms such as participation and accountability. Such indicators should be flexible enough to be contextually relevant. On the other hand, the call to integrate human rights elements into the post-2015 framework seeks to make monitoring these development goals rights-sensitive rather than transforming them into human rights monitoring tools.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation