Human Rights and Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation

A/HRC/RES/7/22View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2008–2010

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/15/9

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2010	A/HRC/RES/15/9	Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation	1,407	45%Compare
2009	A/HRC/RES/12/8	Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation	1,085	12%Compare
2008	A/HRC/RES/7/22	Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation	810	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2011

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2011	A/66/255	Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation report of the Secretary-General		A/HRC/RES/15/9

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Coordination Within UN System Experts Human Rights Information Exchange International Obligations Right to Drinking Water Sanitation

What’s in this document?

14 paragraphs

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44. Under the terms of paragraph 2, subparagraphs 2 (a), (b), (c), (e), (f) and paragraph 3 of its resolution 7/22, the Council:

(a) Decided to appoint, for a period of three years, an independent expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, whose tasks would be:

To develop a dialogue with Governments, the relevant United Nations bodies, the private sector, local authorities, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations as well as academic institutions, to identify, promote and exchange on best practices related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, and, in that regard, to prepare a compendium of best practices;

To advance the work by undertaking a study, in cooperation with and reflecting the views of Governments and relevant United Nations bodies, and in further cooperation with the private sector, local authorities, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and academic institutions, on the further clarification of the content of human rights obligations, including non-discrimination obligations, in relation to access to safe drinking water and sanitation;

To make recommendations that could help the realization of the Millennium Development Goals, in particular of Goal 7;

To work in close coordination, while avoiding unnecessary duplication, with other special procedures and subsidiary organs of the Council, relevant

United Nations bodies and the treaty bodies, and taking into account the views of other stakeholders, including relevant regional human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and academic institutions;

To submit a report, including conclusions and recommendations, to the Council at its tenth session;

(b) Requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights to ensure that the independent expert received the necessary resources to enable him/her to discharge the mandate fully.

45. Pursuant to the adoption of the resolution by the Council, it is anticipated that the following resource requirements will be required to implement the above-mentioned activities:

Table 2

2008 | 2009 | 2010 | United States dollars | Section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council Affairs | Conference services for two-day meeting | 43 000 | 43 000 | 43 000 | Section 23, Human Rights | P-3 level | 150 200 | 150 200 | 150 200 | Consultants services for two months each year | 10 000 | 10 000 | 10 000 | Travel of the independent expert to present his report to the Council, attend the annual consultation meeting, attend the annual meeting of special procedures and hold consultations to formulate recommendations concerning the realization of the Millennium Development Goals | 31 900 | 31 900 | 31 900 | Travel of the independent expert for two field missions per year | 16 700 | 16 700 | Travel of staff to accompany the independent expert during field missions | 9 800 | 9 800 | Local transportation, security, communications and other miscellaneous expenses during field missions | 7 200 | 7 200 | Travel of one treaty body member or special procedure mandate-holder to participate in one annual consultation | 7 000 | 7 000 | 7 000 | Travel of five experts for one annual consultation | 35 000 | 35 000 | 35 000 | Total section 23 | 234 100 | 267 800 | 267 800 | Section 28 E Administration, Geneva | Conference services for two-day meeting | 1 700 | 1 700 | 1 700 | Grand total | 278 800 | 312 500 | 312 500

46. Provisions have not been made under sections 2, 23 and 28 E of the programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009 for the activities outlined in the table above. Although additional requirements of $278,800 for 2008 and $312,500 for 2009 will be required under sections 2, 23, and 28 E for the biennium 2008-2009, as a result of the adoption of the resolution, a preliminary review leads the Secretariat to assume that some absorption of the estimated requirements is possible. The Secretariat will seek to identify areas from which resources can be redeployed to meet the requirements in the biennium 2008-2009. At the time the General Assembly reviews the question of the revised estimates resulting from decisions made by the Council at its seventh session, it is anticipated that the Secretariat would be in a position to inform the Assembly on how the additional requirements could be met.

47. Since the period for the renewal of the mandate extends into the biennium 2010-2011, the requirements for 2010 will be considered in the context of the preparation of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2010-2011.

48. With regard to paragraph 3, attention is drawn to the provisions of section VI of General Assembly resolution 45/248 B, and subsequent resolutions, the most recent of which is resolution 62/236, in which the Assembly reaffirmed that the Fifth Committee was the appropriate Main Committee of the Assembly entrusted with responsibilities for administrative and budgetary matters and reaffirmed the role of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions.