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Development cooperation in the water and sanitation sector 2016, para. 46
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- Conversely, other major multilateral funders do not incorporate human rights into their policy frameworks, sometimes intentionally. The most remarkable such case concerns the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association, which form part of the World Bank Group, as thoroughly discussed in 2015 by the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights (A/70/274). Notwithstanding references in policy analyses and public relations statements to the importance of the human rights framework, which in any case are non-committal, the World Bank has controversially abstained from including human rights-related criteria in its operational policies, except with respect to the rights of indigenous peoples. Several official World Bank statements have expressed the view that human rights are matters of political concern that, in accordance with the institution's articles of agreement, cannot be considered as criteria for the disbursement of funds. The recently established multilateral development banks, including the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the New Development Bank, include nearly identical terms in their articles of agreement.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Participation in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 14
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- The Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) of the International Labour Organization identifies participation as its cornerstone in articles 6 and 7. Article 6 (1) (b) states that Governments shall "establish means by which these [indigenous] peoples can freely participate, to at least the same extent as other sectors of the population", in applying the provisions of the Convention. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides for a more far-reaching standard, requiring "free, prior and informed consent" on various matters that are the subject of the Declaration.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Stigma and the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2012, para. 32
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- Similarly, caste systems are closely related to stigma and patterns of human rights violations. Caste systems across the world are deeply rooted in social segregation, based on ideas of purity and pollution and lending traditional "legitimacy" to discrimination. The International Dalit Solidarity Network underlines that Dalits "are considered 'lesser human beings', 'impure' and 'polluting' to other caste groups. They are known to be 'untouchable' and subjected to so-called 'untouchability practices' in both public and private spheres". In terms of water and sanitation provision, Dalit habitations are often systematically excluded (A/HRC/15/55 and Corr.1, para. 76).
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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