A/HRC/42/47/Add.6 essential to properly ensuring that the rights to water and sanitation are respected protected and fulfilled. Tajikistan is currently creating a severely hostile environment towards these organisations, preventing them from undertaking their rights protecting role. This must end and civil society must be allowed to effectively contribute to discussions surrounding water and sanitation policy and practice. RETROGRESSION: The Special Rapporteur is deeply concerned that the potential control over civil society organizations has been further strengthened in law since his visit and reiterates his recommendation to provide a wider and more open space for civil society. VI. Leaving no one behind 61. States have a special obligation to provide those who do not have sufficient means with the necessary water and sanitation services and to prevent any discrimination on internationally prohibited grounds in the provision of those services.20 The individuals and groups that States must target to address discrimination are usually the most marginalised, excluded, vulnerable, stigmatised and disadvantaged in their access to water and sanitation, but also in society at large. A. Recommendation on reparation for displaced persons RECOMMENDATION 15: “Provide adequate reparation to the displaced population whose human rights, including the rights to water and sanitation, have been violated, and carry out human rights impact assessments for any development projects in order to guarantee non-repetition.” (A/HRC/33/49/Add.2, para. 59(m)). 62. During his official visit to Tajikistan, the Special Rapporteur learned of the difficulties faced by those who had been relocated as a result of mega-projects. He discovered that a large number of displaced families lacked regular access to water for drinking and farming purposes, and had to buy water that failed to meet the normative content of the right to water. Additionally, displaced persons were forced to use toilets they constructed themselves (A/HRC/33/49/Add.2, paras. 49-52). 63. The Government responded to these concerns referring to the draft Law of the Republic of Tajikistan on Drinking Water and Drinking Water Supply which stipulates that consumers of drinking water may demand compensation for damages caused by drinking water which does not meet regulatory requirements. No further details were provided as to the efforts that had or will be taken to alleviate the impact that displacement has caused to the rights of these people. 64. The Special Rapporteur is concerned that he did not receive specific information about reparation to the displaced population. He reiterates the importance of adequate reparation to the displaced persons affected by development projects and to prevent reoccurrence of such human rights violations by conducting human rights impact assessments. In this connection, he refers to his thematic report on the impact of megaprojects on the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation in which he provides a list of guiding questions for all accountable actors to use when implementing their human rights obligations and responsibilities (A/74/197). No assessment is possible due to lack of information: The Special Rapporteur calls on the Government to make public information regarding reparations provided to displaced persons whose rights have been breached. He reminds the Government that displacing populations without ensuring their human rights are met in full is a retrogressive step and a violation of international human rights law. 20 16 See General Comment 15 of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, para. 15.