Progress report 2010-2020

Background

At its resolution 42/5, the Human Rights Council passed a resolution requesting the Special Rapporteur to compile good practices at the local, national, regional and international levels in order to promote the progressive realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation.

The Special Rapporteur presented the report to the 45th session of the Human Rights Council in September 2020.

Summary

A decade has passed since water and sanitation have been explicitly recognized as a human right, yet the specifics of how to implement them still require further clarification and understanding. In order to clarify ways to implement the human rights to water and sanitation, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Léo Heller, illustrates the progress made in realizing those rights since 2010.

The progress identified is dissected through a three-dimensional framework – human rights as a driver, human rights as a policy tool and human rights as a people-centric approach – that reflects the thematic reports produced during the Special Rapporteur’s tenure.

Inputs received

In line with previous practice, the Special Rapporteur sought input by distributing a questionnaire. All concerned stakeholders were invited to submit their contributions by responding to the questionnaire by 29 May 2020.
Questionnaire: English | Français | Español

States

• Algeria*
• Andorra
• Bahrain
• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cyprus
• Finland
• Georgia*
• Ghana
• Greece
• Indonesia*
• Mali*
• Mauritius (1-2-3-4-5-6)
• Mexico
• Poland
• Qatar
• Romania
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Slovenia

Non-States

• ActionAid
• End Water Poverty
• Red Nacional de Acueductos Comunitarios de Colombia
• Wateraid

* Late submission