Service regulation and human rights to water and sanitation 2017, para. 41
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One of the key roles of regulation is to set performance standards. Setting standards for service provision is one of the main functions of the State. The State has the duty to comply with its obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and must ensure that those carrying out regulatory functions contribute to the progressive realization of the human rights to water and sanitation. This means that the exercise of regulatory functions in general, and the making of regulation in particular, must comply with the human rights framework regardless of the public or State body that is carrying them out.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation