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and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
“Noting general comment No. 15 (2002): the right to water (articles 11 and 12 of
the Covenant) adopted by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
“Taking note of the draft guidelines for the realization of the right to drinking
water and sanitation contained in the report of the Special Rapporteur of the
Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
(E/CN.4/Sub.2/2005/25),
“Recalling the relevant provisions of declarations, resolutions and programmes of
action adopted by major United Nations conferences, summits and special sessions and
their follow-up meetings, in particular the Mar del Plata Action Plan of 1977
(E/CONF.70/29), Agenda 21 adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment
and Development in 1992 (A/CONF.151/26/Rev.1, vol. I and Corr.1, resolution 1,
annex II), the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and
Development of 1994, the International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’ 2005-2015,
General Assembly resolution 54/175 of 17 December 1999 on the right to development
and the Millennium Development Goals,
“Decides to request the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights, taking into account the views of States and other stakeholders, to conduct,
within existing resources, a detailed study on the scope and content of the relevant human
rights obligations related to equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation under
international human rights instruments, which includes relevant conclusions and
recommendations thereon, to be submitted prior to the sixth session of the Council.”
[See chap. III.]
2/105. Right to the truth
At its 31st meeting, on 27 November 2006, the Human Rights Council, recalling
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/66 of 20 April 2005 and taking note of the study
on the right to truth prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights (E/CN.4/2006/91), decided, without a vote, to request the Office to prepare a follow-up
report on the study on the right to the truth, which shall include best national and international
practices, in particular legislative, administrative or any other measures, as well as individual and
societal dimensions of this right, taking into account the views of States and relevant
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to be examined at its fifth session in
June 2007.
[See chap. III.]
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