A/HRC/42/47/Add.5 that there is still room for further progress in this area, as access to safe water should be available in all schools in Botswana, rather than most. He notes that the Government has provided no information about access to sanitation in schools, and on access to both water and sanitation in healthcare facilities. PROGRESS ON-GOING: The Special Rapporteur urges the Government to continue with its efforts to increase water availability in schools, with the goal of ensuring every school in Botswana has access to a continuous supply of safe water. He further recommends that the Government ensure that all schools are provided with appropriate menstrual management facilities and that students and staff have access to adequate sanitation at all times. Additionally, he calls on the Government to publicly disclose data regarding its efforts to improve access to water, sanitation and menstrual hygiene facilities in healthcare institutions, recalling that provision of these therein is vital for the achievement of the rights to water and sanitation, as well as other human rights. V. Access to information, accountability and justice 51. Access to information, accountability and access to justice are central for the progressive realization of the human rights to water and sanitation and all the other rights, and are mutually reinforcing. The right to information includes the right to receive information to make informed decisions regarding the human rights to water and sanitation. Independent civil society plays a critical role in all of these principles and in the protection of human rights. A. Recommendation on the right to information and accountability RECOMMENDATION 13: “Strengthen access to information, including by setting a standard rule on the communication of water and sanitation-related measures taken by the Government to enable people to make informed decisions regarding the human rights to water and sanitation.” (A/HRC/33/49/Add.3, para. 72(q)) 52. During his visit to Botswana, the Special Rapporteur was concerned by the lack of adequate processes to ensure pertinent information regarding water and sanitation was received by individuals and communities. Whilst some efforts had been taken, including the dissemination of information through print media, radio and online, there was no standardised method for providing people with this information. Accordingly, a lack of clarity was notable regarding important policies such as water rationing. Additionally, it was identified that, owing to the lack of a regulatory body to monitor human rights in Botswana, including the rights to water and sanitation, access to justice and accountability for breaches of these rights were limited (A/HRC/33/49/Add.3, paras. 45-48). 53. With regards to the need for Botswana to improve its information delivery systems to ensure access to information regarding water and sanitation, the Government replied that “Botswana is currently developing a National Spatial Plan System which will capture all spatial data inclusive of water and sanitation services. Upon completion, the system will strengthen individual access to information regarding water rights, water use etc.” Furthermore, the Government, as part of its National Development Plan 11, has implemented an information and communication technology strategy for the years 2017-2023, which incorporates a number of different elements and that is “intended to support all sectors of the economy and in particular will be used to address the needs of the key priority areas of water […].”15 54. Whilst these potentially represent inroads towards the goal of ensuring the population in Botswana have greater access to information, it is, unfortunately unclear to the Special Rapporteur exactly how the application of a national information and communications 15 Republic of Botswana, National Development Plan 11: April 2017 – March 2023 (Draft). Volume 1, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, September 2016. Consulted 4 Sep. 2018, http://www.ncongo.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/NDP-11.pdf. 13