Common violations of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 13
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- During the drafting of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the debates about the scope of violations of economic, social and cultural rights were definitively resolved. Initial proposals for a narrow concept of violations based on deliberate State "interference" or known failures to provide minimum essential levels of those rights were rejected. It was recognized that realizing the rights of the most disadvantaged relies also on addressing violations resulting from failures to take positive steps. States are obliged to progressively realize rights by applying "maximum available resources" and by prioritizing essential levels of access to the most marginalized. Ultimately, States have the obligation to fully realize the rights to water and sanitation by ensuring access to sufficient, safe, acceptable, accessible and affordable water and sanitation services for all.
- Status juridique
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Water & Sanitation
- Personnes concernées
- All
- Année
- 2014
- Type de paragraphe
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 13
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