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possible violations of which it might be aware, to set its own priorities and then to choose the strategies
best suited to achieving its stated goals.
The WASH Cluster, whose mission is to make every effort to improve and better coordinate the response
to humanitarian emergencies, has identified a gap in the knowledge its members have of key human rights
and how to use such knowledge to improve their advocacy work. This book has been specifically drafted
as a tool for use in the field to assist and promote such advocacy endeavours.
It should be noted that references to the right to water in this publication include the
right to sanitation and the right to hygiene even when these are not explicitly spelled out
each time the right to water is mentioned.
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