[English only] Robust indicators are essential tools for revealing possible violations, assessments of available resources, and implementing and monitoring targeted, evidence-based and time-bound policies and programmes. The Special Rapporteur wishes to draw attention to the table of illustrative structural, process and outcome indicators that were identified in collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. She recommends that States develop and use contextually relevant indicators through participatory efforts and guided by the table of illustrative indicators. The list is work in progress and feedback is welcomed and may be submitted to the Human Rights Indicators Unit (hrindicators@ohchr.org) at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Table of illustrative indicators on the rights to water and sanitation (OHCHR draft 14/05/2014) Safety and Acceptability Structural Sufficiency and Continuity Affordability Physical Accessibility • International human rights treaties relevant to the rights to water and sanitation ratified by the State • Date of entry into force and coverage of the rights to water and sanitation in the constitution or other form of superior law • Date of entry into force and coverage of law requiring service providers to ensure that all the persons in their service area have access to adequate water and sanitation, including access to information on water and sanitation issues • Time frame and coverage of national action plan(s) for universal access to water and sanitation, including within or in the immediate vicinity, of each household, health centre, educational institution and workplace, and for all population groups (e.g. informal settlements, homeless persons, indigenous peoples, nomadic and traveller communities, refugees, detainees, persons with disabilities) • Time frame and coverage of response plan of action during armed conflict, emergency situations and natural disasters ensuring accessibility to water and sanitation • Number of minimum litres of • Date of entry into force and coverage of • Date and entry into force and • Time frame and coverage of water per person, per day national standards for safe drinking water coverage of national action plan national plan of action for sufficient for personal and and secure and hygienic sanitation facilities on affordability of water and physical accessibility to safe domestic use stipulated in State’s sanitation services (e.g. pricing drinking water supply and to in line with WHO guidelines policies, technology choice, safe, secure and hygienic regulations • Date of entry into force and coverage of management systems, sanitation facilities (e.g. mechanisms to oversee water and sanitation • Time frame and coverage of plan subsidies, cash transfers, or providing access to victims of of action(s) on operation and quality and review performance of suppliers flexible payment schemes to natural disasters, and persons maintenance of water and • Time frame and coverage of hygiene low-income or disadvantaged living in disaster-prone or arid sanitation facilities awareness programme contained in the areas or on small islands; households) national health strategy and educational removing architectural and curricula informational barriers to a full range of disabilities) A/HRC/27/55/Add.4 26 Annex