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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 1
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- Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- 2008
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 2a
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- [Decides to appoint, for a period of three years, an independent expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, whose tasks will be:] To develop a dialogue with Governments, the relevant United Nations bodies, the private sector, local authorities, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and academic institutions, to identify, promote and exchange views on best practices related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, and, in that regard, to prepare a compendium of best practices;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2008
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 2b
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- [Decides to appoint, for a period of three years, an independent expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, whose tasks will be:] To advance the work by undertaking a study, in cooperation with and reflecting the views of Governments and relevant United Nations bodies, and in further cooperation with the private sector, local authorities, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and academic institutions, on the further clarification of the content of human rights obligations, including non-discrimination obligations, in relation to access to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- 2008
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 2e
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- [Decides to appoint, for a period of three years, an independent expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, whose tasks will be:] To work in close coordination, while avoiding unnecessary duplication, with other special procedures and subsidiary organs of the Council, relevant United Nations bodies and the treaty bodies, and taking into account the views of other stakeholders, including relevant regional human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and academic institutions;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- 2008
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2010, para. 3
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- Recalling also relevant provisions of declarations and programmes with regard to access to safe drinking water and sanitation adopted by major United Nations conferences and summits, and by the General Assembly at its special sessions and during follow-up meetings, inter alia, the Mar del Plata Action Plan on Water and Development and Administration, adopted at the United Nations Water Conference in March 1977, Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in June 1992, and the Habitat Agenda, adopted at the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements in 1996, Assembly resolutions 54/175 of 17 December 1999 on the right to development, and 58/271 of 23 December 2003 proclaiming the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life” (2005-2015),
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2010
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2010, para. 4
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- Noting with interest regional commitments and initiatives promoting the further realization of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, including the Protocol on Water and Health, adopted by the Economic Commission for Europe in 1999, the European Charter on Water Resources, adopted by the Council of Europe in 2001, the Abuja Declaration, adopted at the first Africa-South America summit in 2006, the message from Beppu, adopted at the first Asian-Pacific Water Summit in 2007, the Delhi Declaration, adopted at the third South Asian Conference on Sanitation in 2008, and the Sharm el-Sheikh Final Document, adopted at the Fifteenth Summit Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries in 2009,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2010
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2011, para. 9
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- Stresses the important role of the international cooperation and technical assistance provided by States, specialized agencies of the United Nations system, international and development partners, as well as by donor agencies, in particular in the timely achievement of the relevant Millennium Development Goals, and urges development partners to adopt a human rights-based approach when designing and implementing development programmes in support of national initiatives and plans of action related to the right to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2011
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2013, para. 10
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- Taking note of relevant commitments and initiatives promoting the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, including the Abuja Declaration, adopted at the first Africa-South America Summit, in 2006; the Sharm el-Sheikh Final Document, adopted at the Fifteenth Summit Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, in 2009; the Colombo Declaration, adopted at the fourth South Asian Conference on Sanitation, in 2011; the Chiang Mai Declaration, adopted at the second Asia-Pacific Water Summit, in 2013; and the Panama Declaration, adopted at the third Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Sanitation, in 2013,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2013
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2013, para. 15
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- Stresses the important role of international cooperation and the technical assistance provided by States, specialized agencies of the United Nations system and international and development partners, as well as by donor agencies, in particular in the timely achievement of the relevant Millennium Development Goals, and urges development partners to adopt a human rights-based approach when designing and implementing development programmes in support of national initiatives and plans of action related to the right to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2013
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2013, para. 22
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- Decides to continue its consideration of this matter, under the same agenda item and in accordance with its programme of work.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2013
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2014, para. 11b
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- [Calls upon States:] To identify patterns of failure to respect, protect or fulfil the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation for all persons without discrimination and to address their structural causes in policymaking and budgeting within a broader framework, while undertaking holistic planning aimed at achieving sustainable universal access, including in instances where the private sector, donors and non-governmental organizations are involved in service provision;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2014, para. 13
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- Encourages the Special Rapporteur to facilitate, including through engagement with relevant stakeholders, the provision of technical assistance in the area of the implementation of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, to identify challenges and obstacles to the full realization of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, as well as protection gaps thereto, to continue to identify good practices and enabling factors in this regard, and to monitor the way in which the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation is being realized throughout the world;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2014
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 9b
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- [Notes with concern that, in spite of all efforts, gender inequalities still exist in the realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, and therefore calls upon States:] To take action to tackle systemic inequalities and to meet their obligations to effectively achieve substantive gender equality in the enjoyment of the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, including through the implementation of targeted gender-responsive policies, budgets and measures that go beyond enacting formal provisions;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2016
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2014, para. 7
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- Welcomes the annual report of the Special Rapporteur submitted to the Human Rights Council on common violations of the human rights to water and sanitation, and encourages Governments and other stakeholders to use, as appropriate, the “Handbook for realizing the human rights to water and sanitation: from policy to practice”, presented in an addendum to that report as a tool for the progressive realization of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2014
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 5
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- Decides to continue its consideration of this matter under the same agenda item at its tenth session.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2008
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2009, para. 3
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- Recalling also relevant provisions of declarations and programmes with regard to access to safe drinking water and sanitation adopted by major United Nations conferences and summits, and by the General Assembly at its special sessions and during follow-up meetings, inter alia, the Mar del Plata Action Plan on Water Development and Administration, adopted at the United Nations Water Conference in March 1977, Agenda 21, adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in June 1992, and the Habitat Agenda, adopted at the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements in 1996,
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- Negotiated soft law
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2009
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2009, para. 4
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- Taking note with interest of regional commitments and initiatives promoting the further realization of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, including in the Protocol on Water and Health, adopted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in 1999, the European Charter on Water Resources, adopted by the Council of Europe in 2001, the Abuja Declaration, adopted at the first Africa-South America summit in 2006, the message from Beppu, adopted at the first Asian-Pacific Water Summit in 2007, the Delhi Declaration, adopted at the third South Asian Conference on Sanitation in 2008, and the Cairo Declaration, adopted at the fifteenth summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement in 2009,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2009
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2009, para. 5
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- Recognizes the important contribution of the private sector when addressing the issue of access to sanitation;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2009
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2011, para. 5
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- Noting with interest relevant commitments and initiatives promoting the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, including the Abuja Declaration, adopted at the first Africa-South America Summit, in 2006, the message from Beppu, adopted at the first Asia-Pacific Water Summit, in 2007, the Delhi Declaration, adopted at the third South Asian Conference on Sanitation, in 2008, and the Sharm el-Sheikh Final Document, adopted at the Fifteenth Summit Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, in 2009,
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- Negotiated soft law
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2011
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2011, para. 6
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- Bearing in mind the commitments made by the international community to achieve fully the Millennium Development Goals, and stressing, in that context, the resolve of Heads of State and Government, as expressed in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people unable to reach or afford safe drinking water, and to halve the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation, as agreed in the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”) and the outcome document adopted at the High-level Plenary Meeting of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals entitled “Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals”,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2011
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2011, para. 14
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- Decides to continue its consideration of this matter under the same agenda item and in accordance with its programme of work.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2013, para. 8
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- Notes the recommendation contained in the report of the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, commissioned by the Secretary-General, listing water and sanitation among the indicative goals in the post-2015 development agenda, and also takes note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “A life of dignity for all: accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015”, in which the Secretary-General recognized the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation as one of the foundations for a decent life;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2014, para. 6
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- Further welcomes the annual report of the Special Rapporteur submitted to the General Assembly on managing wastewater, curbing water pollution and improving water quality for the realization of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, in which she emphasized the need to ensure that respect for, protection of and fulfilment of human rights are integrated into wastewater management and to develop a holistic approach to sustainable water resource management, including wastewater management;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2014, para. 11a
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- [Calls upon States:] To achieve progressively the full realization of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
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The right to food 2015, para. 28
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- Encourages States to consider developing their legal structures in order to protect resources directly related to the right to food, such as water resources, access to land and seed production;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 7
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- Stresses the important role of international cooperation and technical assistance by States, specialized agencies of the United Nations system and international and development partners, and by donor agencies, in particular in the timely achievement of the relevant Sustainable Development Goals, and urges development partners to adopt a human rights-based approach when designing, implementing and monitoring development programmes in support of national initiatives and plans of action relating to the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- Negotiated soft law
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 12
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- Mindful that certain aspects of human rights obligations related to the access to safe drinking water and sanitation have yet to be further studied, as pointed out in the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the scope and content of the relevant human rights obligations related to equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation under international human rights instruments (A/HRC/6/3),
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2008
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Human rights and equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2007, para. 2
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- Decides to consider the issue at its seventh session.
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- Negotiated soft law
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2007
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2011, para. 5
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- Reaffirms that States have the primary responsibility to ensure the full realization of all human rights, and must take steps, nationally and through international assistance and cooperation, especially economic and technical, to the maximum of its available resources, to achieve progressively the full realization of the right to safe drinking water and sanitation by all appropriate means, including particularly the adoption of legislative measures in the implementation of their human rights obligations;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2011, para. 5
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- Recalling the relevant provisions of declarations and programmes with regard to access to safe drinking water and sanitation adopted by major United Nations conferences and summits, and by the General Assembly at its special sessions and during follow-up meetings, inter alia, the Mar del Plata Action Plan on Water Development and Administration, adopted at the United Nations Water Conference in March 1977, Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in June 1992, and the Habitat Agenda, adopted at the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements in June 1996, Assembly resolutions 54/175 of 17 December 1999 on the right to development, and 58/217 of 23 December 2003 proclaiming the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life” (2005-2015),
- Legal status
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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