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8 lIST Of bOxES Box 1 What is international law? ........................................................................................................... 22 Box 2 Governmental obligations with regard to human rights .............................................................. 23 Box 3 Nature of the legal obligations under human rights instruments ............................................... 24 Box 4 The nine core human rights treaties ............................................................................................ 25 Box 5 The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action on the indivisibility of human rights ............. 25 Box 6 Categorization of different types of armed conflicts .................................................................... 28 Box 7 Crimes under the Rome Statute ................................................................................................. 33 Box 8 What is a General Comment? .................................................................................................... 36 Box 9 Violations of the right to water ..................................................................................................... 42 Box 10 Paragraph 60 of GC 15 - Assistance to populations in emergency situations .......................... 43 Box 11 The right to sanitation in international human rights law ............................................................. 49 Box 12 The right to sanitation in terms of human rights .......................................................................... 51 Box 13 Extract from the Report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on access to safe drinking water and sanitation .......................................................................................... 53 Box 14 Extract from Resolution A/HRC/7/22 on access to safe drinking water and sanitation ............ 55 Box 15 Protection of the Right to Water under IHL ................................................................................. 59 Box 16 Indonesia and the Sphere Standards ......................................................................................... 70 Box 17 Objectives of advocacy in emergency situations ........................................................................ 76 Box 18 The rights-based approach in brief ............................................................................................. 78 Box 19 The position of two main donors in respect of the human right to water and sanitation in emergencies ............................................................................................................................ 79 lIST Of TAblES Table 1 Key components of the human right to water ............................................................................ 37 Table 2 Additional components ............................................................................................................... 38 Table 3 Obligations of States parties ....................................................................................................... 40 Table 4 Core obligations of States Parties ............................................................................................... 41 Table 5 GC 15 and emergency situations ............................................................................................... 44 Table 6 Prior recognition of the human right to water and sanitation in human rights focussing on women and children .............................................................................................................. 47 Table 7 The right to water in national legislation ...................................................................................... 65 Table 8 Some examples of the constitutional right to water ................................................................... 66 Table 9 Minimum standards in water supply .......................................................................................... 71 Table 10 Definition of the human right to water and sanitation according to Sphere Standards .............. 72 Table 11 Guidance for implementing the right to water and sanitation according to the Operational Guidelines on Human Rights and Natural Disasters ............................................... 73 Table 12 Checklist: Which aspects of the human right to water are affected? ......................................... 86 © ACF - THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
lIST Of CASE STUDIES AND CONCRETE ExAMplES Case Study 1 - Violence perpetrated against the civilian population of Mozambique ................................. 39 Case Study 2 - The right to water in emergencies defended at the 5th World Water Forum ................. 97 Case Study 3 - UN/Government campaign on the right to water in Haiti ............................................... 99 Case Study 4 - How is the right to water and sanitation of the Palestinian population being denied? Some examples of advocacy initiatives ................................................................................................. 104 lIST Of fIGURES Lists Figure 1 Checklist: The victims ............................................................................................................. 89 Figure 2 Checklist: The responsibility of the authorities ........................................................................ 91 Figure 3 Checklist: rights and legal standards ...................................................................................... 93 Figure 4 Checklist: The advocacy message ........................................................................................ 95 Figure 5 Different types of advocacy .................................................................................................. 102 © ACF - THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS 9
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