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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 6
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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 their available resources, to achieve progressively the full realization of the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation by all appropriate means, including in particular 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
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- N.A.
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- 2016
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 2
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- Also welcomes the recognition by the General Assembly that the human right to safe drinking water entitles everyone, without discrimination, to have access to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic use, and that the human right to sanitation entitles everyone, without discrimination, to have physical and affordable access to sanitation, in all spheres of life, that is safe, hygienic, secure, socially and culturally acceptable and that provides privacy and ensures dignity, while reaffirming that both rights are components of the right to an adequate standard of living;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
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- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The human right to water and sanitation 2010, para. 2
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- Recalling also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- 2010
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- Mar 10, 2020
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The human right to water and sanitation 2010, para. 5
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- Acknowledging the importance of equitable access to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as an integral component of the realization of all human rights,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2010
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The human right to water and sanitation 2010, para. 1
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- Recognizes the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- All
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- 2010
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 12
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- Welcoming the work of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund in the 2017 update published by their Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 2
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- Reaffirming all previous resolutions of the Human Rights Council regarding the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, inter alia, Council resolution 33/10 of 29 September 2016,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 6
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- Reaffirming its resolution 71/222 of 21 December 2016, by which it proclaimed the period 2018–2028 the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- All
- N.A.
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- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 6
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- Recalling the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, which reaffirms that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, including the right to development,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Right to food 2007, para. 29
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- Recalls General Comment No. 15 (2002) of the Committee on the right to water (articles 11 and 12 of the Covenant), in which the Committee noted, inter alia, the importance of ensuring sustainable water resources for human consumption and agriculture in realization of the right to adequate food;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- All
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- 2007
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- Feb 14, 2020
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Right to food 2006, para. 25
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- Recalls General Comment No. 15 (2002) of the Committee on the right to water (articles 11 and 12 of the Covenant), in which the Committee noted, inter alia, the importance of ensuring sustainable water resources for human consumption and agriculture in realization of the right to adequate food;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2006
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- Feb 14, 2020
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Right to food 2005, para. 21
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- Recalls General Comment No. 15 (2002) of the Committee on the right to water (articles 11 and 12 of the Covenant), in which the Committee noted, inter alia, the importance of ensuring sustainable water resources for human consumption and agriculture in realization of the right to adequate food;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- All
- Year
- 2005
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- Feb 14, 2020
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The right to development 1999, para. 12a
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- [Reaffirms that, in the full realization of the right to development, inter alia:] The rights to food and clean water are fundamental human rights and their promotion constitutes a moral imperative both for national Governments and for the international community;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1999
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- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 22
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- Affirming the importance of continually improving the availability of high-quality, accessible, timely and reliable disaggregated data on progress related to safe drinking water and sanitation services as an indispensable means for States to plan for, implement and monitor the progressive realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation for all,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 4j
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- [Calls upon States:] To provide for effective accountability mechanisms for all water and sanitation service providers, including private sector providers, to ensure that they respect human rights and do not cause or contribute to human rights violations or abuses;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- All
- N.A.
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- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 27
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- Reaffirming the responsibility of States to ensure the promotion and protection of all human rights, which are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, and must be treated globally, in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 14
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- Deeply concerned that 4.5 billion people lack a safely managed sanitation service, 2.3 billion people still lack even a basic sanitation service and 892 million people worldwide still practise open defecation, which is one of the clearest manifestations of poverty and extreme poverty,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
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- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 28
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- Recalling that the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation are derived from the right to an adequate standard of living and are inextricably related to the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, as well as to the right to life and human dignity,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
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- All
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- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 4
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- Recalling also its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 26
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- Affirming the importance of regional and international technical cooperation, where appropriate, as a means to promote the progressive realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, without any prejudice to questions of international water law, including international watercourse law,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 13
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- Welcoming also the fact that, according to the Joint Monitoring Programme report, an estimated 71 per cent of the global population uses a safely managed drinking water service system, while being deeply concerned, however, that 12 per cent of the global population still lacks even a basic drinking water service,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Water & Sanitation
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- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 16
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- Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the Special Rapporteur with all the resources and assistance necessary for the effective fulfilment of the mandate;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2016
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 20
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- Affirming also the importance of regional and international technical cooperation, where appropriate, as a means to promote the progressive realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, without any prejudice to questions of international water law, including international watercourse law,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 3
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- Recalling General Assembly resolution 64/292 of 28 July 2010, in which the Assembly recognized the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation as essential for the full enjoyment of the right to life and all other human rights,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 2
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- Reaffirming all previous relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council, inter alia resolutions 7/22 of 28 March 2008, 12/8 of 1 October 2009, 15/9 of 30 September 2010, 16/2 of 24 March 2011, 18/1 of 28 September 2011, 21/2 of 27 September 2012, 24/18 of 27 September 2013 and 27/7 of 2 October 2014,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- All
- N.A.
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- 2016
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 17
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- Recalling also that the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation are derived from the right to an adequate standard of living and are inextricably related to the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and to the right to life and human dignity,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 1
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- Welcomes the recognition by the General Assembly of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation as components of the right to an adequate standard of living and essential for the full enjoyment of the right to life and all human rights;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Water & Sanitation
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- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 15
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- Reaffirming the responsibility of States to ensure the respect, promotion and protection of all human rights, which are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and must be treated globally, in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human right to water and sanitation 2010, para. 6
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- Reaffirming the responsibility of States for the promotion and protection of all human rights, which are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, and must be treated globally, in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The human right to water and sanitation 2010, para. 7
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- Reaffirming the responsibility of States for the promotion and protection of all human rights, which are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, and must be treated globally, in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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