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Water as an argument for peace, twinning and cooperation
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2023
- Document code
- A/78/253
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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Fulfilling the human rights of those living in poverty and restoring the health of aquatic ecosystems: two converging challenges
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2023
- Document code
- A/HRC/54/32
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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Human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation of people living in impoverished rural areas.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2022
- Document code
- A/77/167
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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Human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation of indigenous peoples: state of affairs and lessons from ancestral cultures.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2022
- Document code
- A/HRC/51/24
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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A rights-based approach to adaptation, mitigation, finance, and cooperation
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2022
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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The impacts of climate change on the human rights to water and sanitation of groups and population in situations of vulnerability
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2022
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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Outlining the impacts of climate change on the human rights to water and sanitation around the world
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2022
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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Risks and impacts of the commodification and financialization of water on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2021
- Document code
- A/76/159
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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Planning and vision for the mandate from 2020 to 2023
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2021
- Document code
- A/HRC/48/50
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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Partnering with organizations
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2022
- Document code
- A/HRC/48/50/ADD.1
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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Human rights and the privatization of water and sanitation services
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2020
- Document code
- A/75/208
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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Progressive realization of the human rights to water and sanitation
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2020
- Document code
- A/HRC/45/10
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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Progress report (2010–2020)
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2020
- Document code
- A/HRC/45/11
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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Impact of mega-projects on the human rights to water and sanitation
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2019
- Document code
- A/74/197
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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Human rights to water and sanitation in spheres of life beyond the household with an emphasis on public spaces
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2019
- Document code
- A/HRC/42/47
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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Principle of accountability
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2018
- Document code
- A/73/162
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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Forcibly displaced persons
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Year
- 2018
- Document code
- A/HRC/39/55
- Date modified
- Jan 18, 2024
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Affordability of water and sanitation services 2015, para. 62
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- Other types of mechanisms to ensure the affordability of services can be built into tariff schemes. Different tariff systems have different potentials but also limitations to ensure the affordability of services. These are generally only relevant to those connected to piped water and sewerage systems.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Affordability of water and sanitation services 2015, para. 54f
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- [Where States adopt targeted measures, this also poses challenges. In practice, unfortunately, such measures often fail to reach the target population for a variety of reasons, including:] Public financing is available only to those who have secure land tenure, thus excluding those living outside the formal legal system;
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Affordability of water and sanitation services 2015, para. 54d
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- [Where States adopt targeted measures, this also poses challenges. In practice, unfortunately, such measures often fail to reach the target population for a variety of reasons, including:] In most countries where subsidies are applied through tariff systems, these are only available to people connected to networks, thus excluding those who rely on kiosks, standpipes or public toilets;
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Affordability of water and sanitation services 2015, para. 52
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- Recent projects in Dar es Salaam (United Republic of Tanzania), Blantyre (Malawi), Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe) and Kitwe (Zambia) driven by slum or shack dweller federations seek to develop citywide sanitation provision in situations where households can only afford $3-$4 per month. They look into choices for low-income households, loan financing and the crucial role of engagement with local authorities from the outset.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Different levels and types of services and the human rights to water and sanitation 2015, para. 57
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- In rural areas, for example, pit latrines may be acceptable if they are well-constructed and emptied as necessary, or filled in and rebuilt elsewhere. Problems arise where these types of latrines are not well built, or risk contaminating the water table. Hygiene concerns will arise if these latrines are not regularly cleaned, which may be difficult where latrine slabs are poorly constructed.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Stigma and the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2012, para. 61
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- In the context of sex workers, the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, a grassroots sex workers' collective in India, began organizing self-regulatory boards made up of its staff, doctors, advocates, national human rights commissioners, local politicians and officials, and sex workers themselves in a number of red-light districts. Their objectives included mitigating violence against sex workers, but also brought about improvements in access to water and sanitation.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Water & Sanitation
- Year
- 2012
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Stigma and the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2012, para. 56
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- For many stigmatized individuals, stigma results in a negative impact on their right to privacy when attempting to meet their water and sanitation needs. For instance, homeless people may be forced to urinate and defecate in public, given the inexistence or lack of maintenance of public facilities. During her mission to Slovenia, the Special Rapporteur met with Roma communities who were forced to defecate in the open and bathe in a stream due to the lack of adequate facilities. When doing so they were reportedly chased by the police (A/HRC/18/33/Add.2, para. 35). In these cases, the State directly interferes with people's privacy, not only by chasing them, but also by not allowing their dwellings to be connected to water supply and sewerage systems due to their alleged "illegal" status. Similar situations can be found in slums all over the world where the alleged "illegal" status of settlements results in people being denied access to facilities that would guarantee their privacy. In South Africa, a case was brought to the court concerning unenclosed toilets built by the municipality, that is, toilets that were erected without the enclosing superstructure that would hide people from view when using them. The Western Cape High Court found, inter alia, a violation of the right to privacy enshrined in article 14 of the South African Constitution.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Year
- 2012
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Planning for the realization of the rights to water and sanitation 2011, para. 76
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- For example, the planning process for the Rights-based Development Strategy 2006-2013 of the Kiseljak municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina aimed at the identification of development priorities in terms of human rights, and included an assessment of the water infrastructure in the municipality. As the assessment showed that the situation was most severe in the Hrastovi settlement, inhabited mostly by Roma, the municipality prioritized improving the infrastructure there.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Year
- 2011
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Affordability of water and sanitation services 2015, para. 38
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- In many instances, however, public financing is unequally distributed. Middle-class households often benefit from subsidies, both direct subsidies and "hidden" subsidies. Direct subsidies include tax breaks or financial incentives for constructing a toilet, which, when poorly targeted tend to benefit middle-income families. Subsidies are "hidden" when public financing is used to construct infrastructure and services that are intended to be used by all, but in fact are only available to middle- and high-income households.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Different levels and types of services and the human rights to water and sanitation 2015, para. 65
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- Environmental sustainability is a concern where there is not an adequate sanitation system to remove the water that is brought into a household. In urban areas, in particular, this can be a problem when water is piped into a settlement without adequate removal systems. Beyond the pollution of water bodies and the consequent impacts on health, stagnant and standing water can encourage the breeding of mosquitoes, including those responsible for spreading malaria, dengue and yellow fever.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Integrating non-discrimination and equality into the post-2015 development agenda for water, sanitation and hygiene 2012, para. 71
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- In addition, it would be extremely valuable to monitor how gender, age, and disability-related inequalities manifest themselves in relation to water, sanitation, and hygiene in public facilities such as schools and health facilities where other human rights are also compromised. Indeed, such inequalities may be even more acute in public spaces, making the collection of data about equity and equality variables especially important in these contexts.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Year
- 2012
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Stigma and the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2012, para. 41
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- Stigma often finds its way into legislative and policy frameworks mirroring societal attitudes and prejudices. In many countries, stigmatization is reflected in the criminalization of work-related activities and practices or the lack of legal protection. For instance, the lack of protection creates a climate of impunity, invisibility and silence and violence against sex workers. They are often forced to work in unsafe environments, including in the outskirts of cities, with no access to services.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Year
- 2012
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Different levels and types of services and the human rights to water and sanitation 2015, para. 47
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- There are, however, concerns from a human rights perspective. The construction of such systems may be technically difficult to install in and around existing buildings and infrastructure where urban settlements have not been adequately planned, such as in most informal settlements. In many developing countries, the sewerage network is only available in middle and high income areas. Leaving residents of low income areas and informal settlements without access to this service often entrenches inequalities.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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