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Gender equality in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2016, para. 4
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- Gender-based violence infringes the right to life, personal safety and freedom of movement. Gender non-conforming people often feel that they need to sign away their freedom of expression since segregation by gender - including in public toilets, detention centres, relief camps and school - poses a risk of exclusion, humiliation and violence.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Stigma and the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2012, para. 39
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- Stigmatized people frequently face threats to their privacy; they experience people staring at them, in particular when they look physically different from what is considered "normal". They are verbally insulted, harassed or threatened or experience physical abuse and violence, for instance, when attempting to access water and sanitation facilities. Such threats directly affect people's access to services and have a detrimental effect on their health, dignity and livelihoods. In many instances, the perpetrators are not held accountable, but rather enjoy impunity.
- 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
- Violence
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Common violations of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 63
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- Sanitation workers frequently face serious health risks, stigmatization, violence and exploitation. In India, the Parliament adopted an act requiring that sanitation systems be overhauled so as to eliminate the need for manual scavengers and seeking to eradicate stigma, inter alia by arranging for alternative jobs. The Supreme Court of India observed that "manual scavengers are considered as untouchables by other mainstream castes and are thrown into a vortex of severe social and economic exploitation". It held that the continuation of manual scavenging violated human rights and ordered the State to fully implement the new act and take appropriate action in response to any violations.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date modified
- Feb 13, 2020
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Stigma and the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2012, para. 76
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- One of the defining tenets of the human rights framework is accountability. States are obliged to put in place judicial and non-judicial accountability mechanisms to redress human rights violations. Mechanisms must be in place to investigate violations and punish the perpetrators. States must not allow impunity. They must provide for redress at the individual level, including restitution, compensation, satisfaction and/or guarantees of non-repetition. Mechanisms at the international level, including the universal periodic review and the procedures of the treaty bodies, should be strengthened and applied in the context of human rights violations based on stigma.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
- Date modified
- Feb 13, 2020
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Stigma and the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2012, para. 23
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- Stigma manifests itself in different ways, combining ostracism, abandonment, shunning, rejection, isolation, exclusion, bullying, discrediting, blaming, harassment, physical violence, among many others, but fundamentally all these manifestations relate back to the process of devaluing and dehumanizing individuals in certain groups and creating an "us and them" divide. Different people experience stigma in different ways, and the extent to which certain manifestations apply differs. The examples mentioned are for illustrative purposes only. They are not meant to imply that particular groups experience stigma exclusively in one way or another, or that other manifestations would relate only to other groups.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
- Date modified
- Feb 13, 2020
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