Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation Sustainability and non-retrogression in the realisation of the rights to water and sanitation de Albuquerque, C. (2013)
Focusing on sustainability in the realization the human rights to water and sanitation, the Special Rapporteur examines in this report how the rights to water and sanitation can and must be met for present and future generations. She highlights challenges to sustainability and particularly aggravated risks in times of economic and financial crisis. After addressing the relevance of sustainability to the core human rights concepts of progressive realization and non-retrogression, the Special Rapporteur explains how the normative content and principles of the human rights to water and sanitation contribute to ensuring sustainability. Using the human rights framework, the Special Rapporteur analyses States' common approaches to water and sanitation, particularly in adopting measures both during times of normalcy and during economic and financial crises, and shows how those approaches often fail to incorporate sustainability. She then demonstrates that the human rights framework can and should facilitate improvement in such policies.
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de Albuquerque, C. (2013). Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation Sustainability and non-retrogression in the realisation of the rights to water and sanitation UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, United Nations General Assembly
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