A/HRC/15/55* Contents Page I. Introduction............................................................................................................. 1–7 3 II. Legal framework and accountability mechanisms .................................................. 8–13 4 III. Groups particularly vulnerable to poverty and lack of access to sanitation and water........................................................................................................................ 14–33 5 A. Women ........................................................................................................... 15–16 5 B. Children .......................................................................................................... 17–20 5 C. Persons with disabilities ................................................................................. 21–23 6 D. Minority groups and indigenous peoples........................................................ 24–30 7 E. Rohingya refugees .......................................................................................... 31–33 9 General challenges regarding the elimination of extreme poverty and ensuring access to sanitation and water ................................................................................. 34–45 9 A. Regional disparities ........................................................................................ 35–36 10 B. Urbanization ................................................................................................... 37–38 10 C. Climate change ............................................................................................... 39–43 11 D. International assistance and cooperation ........................................................ 44–45 12 The rights to sanitation and to safe drinking water ................................................. 46–76 12 A. Institutional, legal and policy framework for water and sanitation ................ 46–53 12 B. Sanitation........................................................................................................ 54–58 14 C. Water quality and water availability............................................................... 59��68 15 D. Menstrual hygiene .......................................................................................... 69 17 E. Urban slums.................................................................................................... 70–74 17 F. Dalits .............................................................................................................. 75–76 19 Extreme poverty and social protection.................................................................... 77–122 19 A. Social protection............................................................................................. 78–105 19 B. Key challenges for poverty reduction and the implementation of a social protection system............................................................................................ 106–122 25 Conclusions and recommendations......................................................................... 123–126 28 IV. V. VI. VII. 2 Paragraphs GE.10-15451