Sustainability and non-retrogression in the realisation of the rights to water and sanitation 2013, para. 24
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- States must actively and immediately ensure that the principle of non-discrimination is upheld in decisions and practices relating to the rights to water and sanitation. This principle requires States to eliminate both formal and substantive discrimination on all prohibited grounds and requires the adoption of positive measures where necessary to dismantle unequal access to water and sanitation. Lack of sustainability, slippages and backward steps will primarily affect the most marginalized members of society, since they will often lack the means to adjust, a necessary voice, visibility, and access to mechanisms of redress. Moreover, the elimination of inequalities is essential to ensuring sustainable water and sanitation, as inequality can also be destructive to growth, amplifies the risk of crisis and makes it difficult for the poor to invest in water and sanitation.
- 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
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
- Personnes concernées
- All
- Année
- 2013
- Type de paragraphe
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 24
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