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Manual on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation for Practitioners
Robert Bos | David Alves | Carolina Latorre | Neil McCleod | Gérard Payen | Virginia Roaf | Michael J. Rouse
(2016)
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Abstract
The Manual highlights the human rights principles and criteria in relation to drinking water and sanitation. It explains the international legal obligations in terms of operational policies and practice that will support the progressive realisation of universal access.
The Manual introduces a human rights perspective that will add value to informed decision making in the daily routine of operators, managers and regulators. It also encourages its readership to engage actively in national dialogues where the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation are translated into national and local policies, laws and regulations. Creating such an enabling environment is, in fact, only the first step in the process towards progressive realisation. Allocation of roles and responsibilities is the next step, in an updated institutional and operational set up that helps apply a human rights lens to the process of reviewing and revising the essential functions of operators, service providers and regulators.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| About the author and contributing authors | ix | ||
| Robert Bos, Geneva, Switzerland | ix | ||
| David Alves, Lisbon, Portugal | ix | ||
| Carolina Latorre, The Hague, Netherlands | ix | ||
| Neil Macleod, Durban, South Africa | x | ||
| Gérard Payen, Paris, France | x | ||
| Virginia Roaf, Berlin, Germany | x | ||
| Michael Rouse, Oxford, UK | x | ||
| Acknowledgements | xi | ||
| Abbreviations | xiii | ||
| Foreword | xv | ||
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 3 | ||
| Chapter 2 Main operational principles | 9 | ||
| SYNOPSIS | 9 | ||
| 2.1 INCORPORATING HUMAN RIGHTS CRITERIA AND PRINCIPLES INTO WATER AND SANITATION OPERATIONS | 9 | ||
| 2.2 CREATING AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT | 10 | ||
| 2.3 INCORPORATING THE HRWS INTO INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS | 11 | ||
| 2.4 THE HRWS IN ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF SERVICE PROVIDERS AND REGULATORS | 12 | ||
| Chapter 3 Translating the human rights to water and sanitation into operational terms | 15 | ||
| SYNOPSIS | 15 | ||
| 3.1 DEFINITIONS | 15 | ||
| 3.2 THE NORMATIVE HUMAN RIGHTS CRITERIA: DRINKING WATER | 16 | ||
| 3.2.1 Availability | 16 | ||
| 3.2.2 Water quality and safety | 19 | ||
| 3.2.3 Acceptability | 20 | ||
| 3.2.4 Accessibility | 20 | ||
| 3.2.5 Affordability | 21 | ||
| 3.3 THE NORMATIVE HUMAN RIGHTS CRITERIA: SANITATION | 23 | ||
| 3.3.1 Availability | 24 | ||
| 3.3.2 Quality | 24 | ||
| 3.3.3 Acceptability | 25 | ||
| 3.3.4 Accessibility | 25 | ||
| 3.3.5 Affordability | 26 | ||
| 3.4 HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES | 28 | ||
| 3.4.1 Equality and non-discrimination | 28 | ||
| 3.4.2 Accountability | 28 | ||
| 3.4.3 Sustainability | 28 | ||
| 3.4.4 Participatory processes | 29 | ||
| 3.4.5 Access to information and transparency | 29 | ||
| 3.5 BASIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR OPERATIONALISING THE RIGHTS | 30 | ||
| 3.5.1 Population make-up | 30 | ||
| 3.5.2 Organising effective interactions between rights-holders, operators and authorities | 31 | ||
| 3.5.3 Practical aspects of rights and responsibilities | 32 | ||
| 3.5.4 Monitoring progress | 33 | ||
| Chapter 4 An enabling environment for the human rights to water and sanitation | 37 | ||
| SYNOPSIS | 37 | ||
| 4.1 INTRODUCTION | 37 | ||
| 4.2 FUNDAMENTAL STEPS | 38 | ||
| 4.3 ANALYSIS AND REFORM OF EXISTING LEGISLATION | 41 | ||
| 4.4 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS | 45 | ||
| 4.5 SERVICE DELIVERY | 46 | ||
| 4.6 REGULATION | 48 | ||
| Chapter 5 Incorporating the human rights to water and sanitation into the operational and institutional framework of service providers and regulators | 53 | ||
| SYNOPSIS | 53 | ||
| 5.1 INTRODUCTION | 53 | ||
| 5.2 SERVICE PROVISION MODELS | 53 | ||
| 5.3 CATEGORIES OF INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS | 55 | ||
| 5.4 THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK | 58 | ||
| Chapter 6 The human rights to water and sanitation in the essential functions of service providers and regulators | 65 | ||
| SYNOPSIS | 65 | ||
| 6.1 INTRODUCTION | 65 | ||
| 6.2 PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | 66 | ||
| 6.3 LEGAL SUPPORT | 68 | ||
| 6.4 BUDGET, FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS | 69 | ||
| 6.5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE | 70 | ||
| 6.6 MONITORING AND EVALUATION | 71 | ||
| 6.7 CUSTOMER SERVICES | 72 | ||
| 6.8 COMMUNICATIONS | 73 | ||
| 6.9 HUMAN RESOURCES | 73 | ||
| 6.10 IN CONCLUSION | 74 | ||
| Chapter 7 Addressing sensitive practices, dealing with challenges and avoiding pitfalls | 77 | ||
| SYNOPSIS | 77 | ||
| 7.1 TECHNICAL OPTIONS | 77 | ||
| 7.2 AFFORDABILITY MECHANISMS | 78 | ||
| 7.3 CUT-OFFS, CREDIT CONTROL AND DEBT COLLECTION | 80 | ||
| 7.4 SIMULTANEOUS PROGRESSIVE REALISATION AGAINST VARIOUS CRITERIA | 82 | ||
| 7.5 SETTING GEOGRAPHIC AND INVESTMENT PRIORITIES | 83 | ||
| 7.6 LAND TENURE | 84 | ||
| 7.7 PRE-PAID METERS | 85 | ||
| 7.8 INTERIM STANDARDS | 86 | ||
| 7.9 CONTINUITY OF SUPPLY | 86 | ||
| Annex A Context and contents of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation | 89 | ||
| SYNOPSIS | 89 | ||
| A.1 THE SCALE OF THE GLOBAL DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION CHALLENGES | 89 | ||
| A.2 WHAT IS THE HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK? | 92 | ||
| A.3 A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EVENTS LEADING TO THE ADOPTION OF THE UN RESOLUTIONS IN 2010 | 93 | ||
| A.4 PROGRESSIVE REALISATION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS | 94 | ||
| A.5 DEMYSTIFYING HUMAN RIGHTS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION | 95 | ||
| Annex B The sustainable development goals | 97 | ||
| B.1 INTRODUCTION | 97 | ||
| B.2 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 6: ENSURE AVAILABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION FOR ALL | 97 | ||
| B.3 THE PROPOSED INDICATORS | 98 | ||
| DRINKING WATER SERVICE LADDER | 98 | ||
| LADDER FOR ACCESS TO SANITATION AT HOME | 99 | ||
| References | 100 |