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Annual reports
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
| Year | Document number | Title | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | A/HRC/57/48 | Water and economy nexus: managing water for productive uses from a human rights perspective | English |
| 2023 | A/78/253 | Water as an argument for peace, twinning and cooperation | English |
| A/HRC/54/32 User-Friendly Version English | Fulfilling the human rights of those living in poverty and restoring the health of aquatic ecosystems: two converging challenges | English | |
| 2022 | A/77/167 User-Friendly Version English Español | Human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation of people living in impoverished rural areas. | English Español |
| A/HRC/51/24 User-friendly version English Español | Human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation of indigenous peoples: state of affairs and lessons from ancestral cultures. | English Español | |
| Special thematic report on climate change and the human rights to water and sanitation | Part 1: Outlining the impacts of climate change on the human rights to water and sanitation around the world (English) User-friendly version (English) | ||
| Part 2: The impacts of climate change on the human rights to water and sanitation of groups and population in situations of vulnerability (English) User-friendly version (English) | |||
| Part 3: A rights-based approach to adaptation, mitigation, finance, and cooperation (English) User-friendly version (English) | |||
| 2021 | A/76/159 Catalan (Unofficial version) User-friendly version (English | Français | Español) | Risks and impacts of the commodification and financialization of water on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation | Statement – 76th session of the General Assembly |
| A/HRC/48/50 User-friendly version (English | Français | Español) | Planning and vision for the mandate from 2020 to 2023 | Interactive dialogue scheduled on 15 September | |
| A/HRC/58/50/Add.1 User-friendly version (English) View page | Partnering with organizations | Interactive dialogue scheduled on 15 September | |
| 2020 | A/75/208 Portuguese Português (Unofficial translation) Catalan (Unofficial translation) User-friendly version English Français Español | Human rights and the privatization of water and sanitation services | Interactive dialogue scheduled on 21 October 2020 |
| A/HRC/45/10 Portuguese Português (Unofficial translation) User-friendly version English Français | Progressive realization of the human rights to water and sanitation | Statement at the 45th session of the Human Rights Council | |
| A/HRC/45/11 User-friendly version | Progress report (2010–2020) | ||
| 2019 | A/74/197 User-friendly version English Español | Impact of mega-projects on the human rights to water and sanitation | Statement – 74th session of the General Assembly |
| A/HRC/42/47 User-friendly version Portuguese Português (Unofficial translation) | Human rights to water and sanitation in spheres of life beyond the household with an emphasis on public spaces | Statement at the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council | |
| 2018 | A/73/162 Accountability in infographics Portuguese Português (Unofficial translation) | Principle of accountability | Statement – 73rd session of the General Assembly |
| A/HRC/39/55 Portuguese Português (Unofficial translation) | Forcibly displaced persons | Statement at the 39th session of the Human Rights Council | |
| 2017 | A/72/127 Portuguese Português (Unofficial translation) | Development cooperation | Statement – 72nd session of the General Assembly |
| A/HRC/36/45 Portuguese Português (unofficial translation) | Service regulation | Statement – 36th session of the Human Rights Council | |
| 2016 | A/71/302 Portuguese Português (Unofficial translation) | Development cooperation and the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation | Statement - 71st session of the General Assembly |
| A/HRC/33/49 Portuguese Português (Unofficial version) | Gender equality in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation | Statement – 33rd session of the Human Rights Council | |
| 2015 | A/70/203 Portuguese Português (Unofficial translation) | Different levels and types of services and the human rights to water and sanitation | |
| A/HRC/30/39/Add.1 | Priorities for the period 2014–2017 | ||
| A/HRC/30/39 Portuguese Português (Unofficial translation) | Affordability of water and sanitation services | ||
| 2014 | A/69/213 Summary of the report English | Participation in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation | Statement - 69th session of the General Assembly |
| A/HRC/27/55 Summary of the report English | Common violations of the human rights to water and sanitation | Statement – 27th session of the Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur answers to Questions - Interactive Dialogue - HRC 27th session | |
| A/HRC/27/55/Add.3 | Addendum - Handbook for realizing the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation | ||
| 2013 | A/68/264 Summary of the report English | Wastewater management in the realization of the rights to water and sanitation | Statement - 68th session of the General Assembly |
| A/HRC/24/44 Summary of the report English | Sustainability and non-retrogression in the realisation of the rights to water and sanitation | Statement – 24th session of the Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur answers to Questions - Interactive Dialogue - HRC 24th session | |
| 2012 | A/67/270 | Integrating non-discrimination and equality into post-2015 development agenda for water, sanitation and hygiene | Statement – 67th session of the General Assembly |
| A/HRC/21/42 | Stigma and the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation | Statement - 21st session of the Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur: answers to Question -Interactive Dialogue- HRC 21st session | |
| 2011 | A/66/255 | Financing for the Realization of the Rights to Water and Sanitation | Statement - 66th session of the General Assembly |
| A/HRC/18/33 | Planning for the realization of the rights to water and sanitation | Statement -18th session of the Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on the right to access to safe drinking water and sanitation responses to HRC questions | |
| A/HRC/18/33/Add.1 | Good practices compilation | ||
| 2010 | A/65/254 | The MDGs and the human rights to water and sanitation | Statement - 65th session of the General Assembly, Third Committee |
| A/HRC/15/31 | Human Rights Obligations Related to Non-State Service Provision in Water and Sanitation | Statement – 15th session of the Human Rights Council | |
| A/HRC/15/31/Add.1 | Progress report on the compilation of Good Practices | ||
| A/HRC/15/31/Add.3/Corr.1 | Corrigendum | ||
| 2009 | A/HRC/12/24 | Human Rights Obligations related to Access to Sanitation | Statement – 12th session of the Human Rights Council |
| A/HRC/10/6 | Preliminary Report laying out the Mandate Workplan | Statement – 10th session of the Human Rights Council |