A/HRC/36/45
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
19 July 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-sixth session
11-29 September 2017
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe
drinking water and sanitation
Note by the Secretariat
The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of
the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, prepared
pursuant to Council resolutions 27/7 of 2014 and 33/10 of 2016. The focus of the report is
service regulation and its role in the progressive realization of the human rights to water
and sanitation. The Special Rapporteur begins the report by outlining the human rights
obligations of States, regulatory actors and service providers in the context of service
regulation. He provides an overview of the role of regulation in water and sanitation
services, identifies different types of regulatory frameworks and discusses how they relate
to the human rights standards. He discusses the core functions of regulatory actors. Finally,
he presents recommendations to States and regulatory actors regarding those issues.
GE.17-12215(E)