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Development cooperation and the human rights to water and sanitation 2017, para. 89c
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- [Relating to funders’ policy, the Special Rapporteur recommends:] That the human rights to water and sanitation be emphasized in funders’ policy on specific groups, such as women, persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples, complementing overarching development cooperation policies;
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Common violations of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 66
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- Without collecting data on inequalities, States are unable to identify systemic discrimination and inequalities. The failure to collect data makes it more difficult, if not impossible, to hold States to account for a lack of progress. In the context of disability, article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities explicitly obliges States to collect and disaggregate data to enable them to formulate appropriate policies. There is often a misconception that the collection of disaggregated data would be discriminatory as such. However, the contrary is true: disaggregated data are necessary in order to address inequalities. Where States fail to take reasonable measures and to make monitoring part of their planning exercises, they may be violating human rights. In collecting such data, States must put in place appropriate mechanisms to safeguard the privacy and security of individuals and groups and prevent misuse of data. This includes repealing laws that criminalize people because of their identity, for instance on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, in order to avoid a particular population group being targeted and abused under the pretext of monitoring. Without such safeguards, being identified as a distinct group may be politically sensitive, reinforce stigma and result in grave risks to individuals and groups.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Participation in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 13
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- "Full and effective participation and inclusion in society" is one of the general principles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (art. 3 (c)). Article 29 of the Convention, devoted to participation in political and public life, details measures that States shall take to "ensure that persons with disabilities can effectively and fully participate in political and public life on an equal basis with others".
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Participation in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 17
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- The right to participation is firmly grounded in human rights law. Starting from rather general provisions on participation in the conduct of public affairs, recent developments spell out the requirements in more detail. Instruments on child rights, the rights of persons with disabilities and indigenous rights respond to particular challenges faced by certain groups. They also mark a trend towards a broader and more robust understanding of participation that demands inclusive, active, free and meaningful participation in all areas at all stages.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Development cooperation and the human rights to water and sanitation 2017, para. 21
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- The Special Rapporteur observed that the human rights framework might be incorporated in overarching policies that broadly encompass all development cooperation operations or in policies or strategies specifically designed for the water and sanitation sector. Furthermore, policies and strategies were also identified that focused on specific groups, such as women, indigenous populations and persons with disabilities, which occasionally included particular considerations for those people’s needs related to water and sanitation. However, in order to balance the multiple topics of relevance to the present report, funders’ general development cooperation policies and specific policies on water and sanitation are addressed herein.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Development cooperation and the human rights to water and sanitation 2017, para. 18
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- One example of relevance to the present report is the European Union, which has human rights obligations as a part of treaty obligations. Article 21 (2) of the Treaty on the European Union establishes a mandate for the organization to support human rights in all fields of international relations. The European Union is also directly bound by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which it ratified in 2010, particularly article 28, relating to the human right to water, and article 32, relating to international development. Therefore, the obligation to implement human rights in the European Union’s development cooperation applies to European Union institutions responsible for formulating development policies.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Common violations of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 83k
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- [The Special Rapporteur therefore focuses her recommendations on how to more effectively ensure that violations are identified, prevented and remedied, with an emphasis on those areas which have been most neglected. She recommends that States:] Ratify or otherwise accept all optional communications procedures, including the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights , the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights , the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women , and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including their inquiry mechanisms;
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Common violations of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 55
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- The prohibition of discrimination is of immediate effect, while positive measures and programmes to ensure substantive equality may require resource allocation and infrastructure development over time. The prohibition of discrimination allows for, and in many circumstances requires, differential treatment and other measures designed to eliminate systemic or structural discrimination. To identify inequalities, and progress towards eliminating them, States must develop monitoring mechanisms and collect disaggregated data. Moreover, States are obligated not only to eliminate discrimination resulting from State action or inaction, but also to "immediately adopt the necessary measures to prevent, diminish and eliminate the conditions and attitudes which cause or perpetuate substantive or de facto discrimination" including discrimination by private actors, which must include measures to combat stigmatization. Moreover, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities explicitly stipulates that denial of reasonable accommodation constitutes discrimination (art. 2).
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Participation in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 49
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- Direct participation poses challenges in terms of processing and responding to the variety of inputs. Channelling participation through representatives other than democratically elected officials is seen as a solution to making participation manageable, but it poses difficult questions and runs the risk of creating and reinforcing exclusions. People hold rights as individuals and have varied and often conflicting views and interests, which makes it difficult for anyone to represent anyone else. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, for instance, stresses that persons with disabilities must be enabled to participate, not only organizations working on their behalf (arts. 29, 33 (3)). However, there is a need to facilitate participatory processes and come to decisions that reflect everyone's interest to the largest extent possible.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Participation in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 22
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- States not only have to create or promote spaces for participation, but also must enable people to eliminate barriers to accessing deliberative processes. People must have information on how to access these spaces and the procedures for getting involved. One expert has interpreted article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child to require "space" and "voice", i.e., the child must have the opportunity to express his/her views with adequate facilitation. The Committee on the Rights of the Child points out that "[t]hose responsible for hearing the child have to ensure that the child is informed about her or his right to express her or his opinion in all matters affecting the child.… The decision maker must adequately prepare the child before the hearing, … and has to take account of the views of the child in this regard". Article 29 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires States parties to ensure that persons with disabilities can effectively and fully participate in public life and actively promote an adequate environment for that purpose.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Stigma and the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2012, para. 77
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- Access to justice must not only be provided for in the law, but be ensured in practice. States should ensure accountability mechanisms that are accessible, affordable, timely and effective. Stigmatized individuals are often affected by a range of barriers in accessing the courts and other mechanisms, including physical, economic or linguistic barriers. States should take measures to ensure physical access to buildings, for instance for persons with disabilities (see Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, art. 13), adopt legal aid schemes, and provide relevant information in local languages, among other relevant measures.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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