A/HRC/12/24 page 3 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 1-3 4 II. THE SANITATION CRISIS ............................................................... 4-7 4 III. DEFINITIONS OF SANITATION ...................................................... 8 - 12 6 IV. THE INTERRELATEDNESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS: SANITATION ..................................................................................... 13 - 54 7 A. The right to an adequate standard of living ................................ 14 - 19 7 B. The right to adequate housing .................................................... 20 - 22 8 C. The right to health ....................................................................... 23 - 29 9 D. The right to education ................................................................. 30 - 32 11 E. The right to water ........................................................................ 33 - 37 12 F. The right to work and the right to just and favourable working conditions ..................................................................... 38 - 40 13 G. The right to life ........................................................................... 41 - 42 14 H. The right to physical security ..................................................... 43 - 44 15 I. Prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment .......................... 45 - 50 15 J. Equality of women and men ....................................................... 51 - 52 17 K. Prohibition of discrimination ...................................................... 53 - 54 17 V. SANITATION AS A DISTINCT RIGHT ........................................... 55 - 59 18 VI. HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO SANITATION ............................................................................... 60 - 80 20 A. Defining sanitation in human rights terms .................................. 62 - 68 20 B. Content of human rights obligations related to sanitation .......... 69 - 80 23 81 25 VII. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..............................