A/HRC/36/45/Add.2 disappearances, were noted as high priorities of concern to Mexico. While that is vital, he encourages the Government, as required under international human rights law, to give equal and appropriate attention and to provide necessary resources to address critical economic, social and cultural rights, including the human rights to water and sanitation. 6. As States are required to put in place national plans and targets to achieve goals under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a key message of that process has been to “leave no one behind”. Mexico must ensure as the highest priority that no individuals, families or communities are left without adequate water and sanitation services. To meet its human rights obligations, it is important to highlight that working gradually to realize the human rights to water and to sanitation would in turn help Mexico to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly, but not exclusively, Goal 6. II. Legal, institutional and policy frameworks A. Legal framework 7. Mexico has ratified most of the core international human rights treaties relevant to the human rights to water and sanitation, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which stipulates the right to an adequate standard of living, including the human rights to water and sanitation. Those rights are explicitly recognized in several resolutions, particularly General Assembly resolutions 64/292 and 70/169, and Human Rights Council resolution 33/10. 8. Article 4 (6) of the Constitution, amended in 2012, explicitly guarantees the rights of all individuals to have access to sufficient, safe, acceptable and affordable water and sanitation services. While the Special Rapporteur commends Mexico for that development, he notes that the Constitutional amendment required the adoption of specific legislation on the subject to be enacted within 360 days. More than five years later, it is regrettable that no such law has yet been adopted and progress on passing a law has stalled. The existing National Water Law of 1992 remains in operation, but does not fully reflect the human rights framework and the Constitutional amendments. The Government should move forward in close consultation and collaboration with all key stakeholders, especially civil society groups, to pass new legislation that is in accordance with the Constitutional provisions. The legislation must assign priority to the interests of citizens, guarantee the normative content of the human rights to water and sanitation and human rights principles, clearly recognize that water for human consumption is a priority among water uses and enable conditions in which those human rights can be put into practice. 9. The Special Rapporteur emphasizes that a revised general law on water and other appropriate legislative provisions would be an important step in ensuring the rights to water and sanitation in practice, creating the legislative environment for concrete policies and programmes to be formulated and implemented and allowing individuals and communities to claim their rights under domestic law. A new law would also be instrumental in helping to ensure an improved and strengthened institutional framework and operational environment with clearly defined roles and responsibilities that better meet the increasing needs of the country. A strong legal framework must be accompanied by an efficient national water and sanitation policy, and comprehensive and participatory planning that leads to a concrete implementation strategy and measures. The Special Rapporteur takes note of several draft laws currently under consideration by the legislative power, but he is concerned that there are very divergent views on the issue in Mexican society and that previous attempts to reach a consensus have been unsuccessful. B. Institutional framework 10. Under the Constitution (art. 115) and based on a project to decentralize service provision, municipalities are in charge of drinking water, sanitation, drainage, treatment and disposal of wastewater, as well as operating and maintaining infrastructure. Under the 4