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Common violations of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 72
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- Treaty bodies have increasingly addressed violations of extraterritorial obligations. The Human Rights Committee has called for the regulation and monitoring of corporate activities abroad that may violate human rights and for measures to ensure access to remedies in the event of such violations. Both the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights have expressed concern about the denial by Israel of access to water and sanitation and about the destruction of infrastructure in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The Special Rapporteur recommends that increased attention be paid to violations of extraterritorial obligations.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- 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. 65
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- Even where participatory budgeting has not been adopted, some principles must be applied to enable the public to play a role in decisions on raising revenue and allocating resources. Information on the budget and financing processes must be made accessible. There must be public deliberation on any trade-offs between the different options from which the Government must choose; what residents identify as priorities is sometimes dissociated from the action that service providers and/or Governments take. During her visit to Brazil, the Special Rapporteur encountered an example. Residents of the Complexo do Alemão in Rio de Janeiro identified water and sanitation as their priority. However, the Government prioritized the construction of a cable car in the settlement (A/HRC/27/55/Add.1, para. 95). Meaningful participation would demand that residents' views be given due weight and that their priorities not be dismissed.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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