A/HRC/36/45/Add.1
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe
drinking water and sanitation on his mission to Portugal *
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
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II.
Overview .......................................................................................................................................
3
III.
Legal and policy frameworks ........................................................................................................
4
A.
Legal framework ...................................................................................................................
4
B.
Policy framework..................................................................................................................
6
Institutional framework .................................................................................................................
6
A.
Institutional transformation ...................................................................................................
6
B.
Private sector participation ...................................................................................................
10
Human rights to water and sanitation in Portugal .........................................................................
11
A.
Accessibility .........................................................................................................................
11
B.
Quality ..................................................................................................................................
12
C.
Affordability .........................................................................................................................
13
D.
Maximum availability of resources ......................................................................................
16
VI.
Population groups in vulnerable situation .....................................................................................
17
VII.
International development cooperation .........................................................................................
17
VIII.
Conclusion and recommendations .................................................................................................
18
IV.
V.
* Circulated in the language of submission only.
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