Good morning & welcome! Find someone in the room who you don t know yet and find out who they are

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1 Good morning & welcome! Find someone in the room who you don t know yet and find out who they are

2 RWSN FORUM 2016 MAKING RIGHTS REAL: WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE IF WATER AND SANITATION ARE HUMAN RIGHTS? FACILITATORS: LOUISA GOSLING, ANGIE SALEH

3 Getting started: Who is who?

4 Aims of today Get more familiar with the language of human rights Understand who needs to know Consider what the rights might mean for our practice

5 All countries agree: Water & sanitation are human rights

6 Where do we stand? 100% in practice? Political & legal commitment: 100%

7 Hierarchy How does this legal thing work? International human rights law NATIONAL LEVEL Legislative branch Executive branch Constitution Laws Regulations Policies, plans, strategies

8 NATIONAL International human rights law Legislative branch Constitution Laws Constitutional and legislative guarantees Executive branch Regulations Policy documents, plans strategies

9 NATIONAL International human rights law Legislative branch Constitution Laws Executive branch Regulations Policy documents, plans strategies Detailed rules and plans

10 What do these human rights want? Principles that make it possible A specific service for 100% of the people

11 What does the service look like? Privacy & dignity? Affordable? Sanitation Acceptable (social/cultural)? Safe, hygienic, secure? Accessible? Collection & treatment Available (sufficient)?

12 What does the service look like? Acceptable (social/cultural)? Safe? Water Affordable? Accessible? Available (sufficient)? For personal & domestic use

13 How to get there for every single person? 100% in practice? As expeditiously as possible Progressively Using MAX available resources Political & legal commitment: 100%

14 With principles that guide everything 100% in practice? Equality & nondiscrimination Participation Access to information Sustainability Accountability Political & legal commitment: 100%

15 Principle 1 Equality & non-discrimination Trickle down does not work systemic problems cause inequalities 100% in practice? Political & legal commitment: 100%

16 Principle 1: Reality check Reduction in open defecation (rural areas) 100% in practice? Political & legal commitment: 100% Common inequalities Rich Urban Formal settlement Non-disabled Majority Educated Male Poor Rural Informal settlement Disabled Minority Uneducated Female

17 and a reason behind it 100% in practice? Political & legal commitment: 100%

18 plus a way to solve it 100% in practice? Checklist: Rate of progress needed for worst-off & better-off groups to meet target Comparison of percentage with access worstoff against better-off On-track if both groups follow or exceed set rate of progress & if disparity between groups narrows Traffic light approach can help to keep track Political & legal commitment: 100%

19 Why the principles are so important Is step-free access enough or is something else needed? Equality & nondiscrimination Trickle down does not work systemic problems cause inequalities Participation Services need to work for users People will not use toilets if they find them inacceptable 30-40% of handpumps in Africa are not functional (but still counted as water points). Access to information Pre-requisite for participation & accountability Sustainability 100% not possible without it Government officials themselves often lack required information. Someone (NGOs ) steps into the gap, but does not include longer term plans. Kenyan service providers are downgraded if they don t expand services to the unserved Accountability 100% is not possible if problems don t come to light Claims often go unheard. Enforcement is important (e.g. right to info in India).

20 All types of services Water Sanitation Providers Locations

21 must comply with human rights Different types of solutions Different types of service providers Different needs, different locations Criteria: What does the service look like? Principles: How do I get there for every single person?

22 Questions?

23 Who needs to know?

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25 Government: Local government officials Super hero I can make things better! as a highly motivated player, the super hero is aware of its role and has a high interest in taking things forward. She is dedicated to positive change and open to new ideas and concepts, even if she is not an actual decider. I want to help my community I want to get things done I want to be seen as a good person Would-be hero I want to see first that it works out! as a passive onlooker, this player needs leadership and guidance as a framework for actions. He believes in rules and hierarchies and is scared of doing something wrong. Because hierarchical structures matter to him, he follows directions and rules. To his mind, human rights are too abstract and a far away concept. I want to report success I want to please everyone doing nothing is safer than acting Laggard I am not responsible for that! as a person who doesn t feel responsible for any change process, she wants to keep existing structures and hierarchies which she follows consistently. Furthermore, external factors are easily holding her back from acting, especially from a too abstract and far away concept as human rights. I only follow rules I don t want any trouble Persistent objector I don t want any change! as a person who doesn t want any change process, he simply refuses to act. He takes advantage of his power situation by doing nothing and just keeping the status quo. Due to his lack of motivation, it seems pointless to be dealing with him. I want to have a pleasant time My rules, my priorities

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27 How to bring it across Impetus Planning Implementation monitoring Raising funds & allocating budgets Awareness Consideration Assessment & analysis Target, prioritise & coordinate Partner up & set up people Set standards & supervise Supervise implementation Monitoring & evaluation Content need Content need Content need Content need Content need Content need Content need Persuaded Empowered Big pictured Obliged Authoritative Legalistic Responsible

28 Endless possible scenarios Water Sanitation Providers Apply principles Get good services Locations

29 Human rights: Applied to endless possible scenarios Different types of services Different needs, different locations Different types of service providers Principles to ensure that services for all are realised as fast as possible Criteria to ensure that every type of service complies with minimum standards

30 Principles Accountability Progressive Realisation Criteria Available 100% in practice Equality & nondiscrimination Sustainability Accessible Affordable Participation Safe Access to information Acceptable Political & legal commitment: 100%

31 Use them: Help to influence conversations Need to change this if we keep it here. Materials Sector partners Project managers Campaigners & advocates Capacity building specialists Regulators Create less or more rights compliant regulations and enforces them less or more strictly. We influence regulators through advocacy & lobbying. Community Less or more demanding of government. We influence community by working with them. Elders, role models, religious leaders Have influence on the public discourse. Are often accessible to the community. Can be a big blockage or helper in determining how things are done. We influence them by seeking their support. Policies & programmes Set the tone in government bureaucracy. Are more or less rights compliant. We influence policies & programmes through advocacy & lobbying. Media Reports on government less or more favourably and less or more in line with human rights thinking. Influences relevance of WASH in public discourse. We influence media by sharing our learnings and experience.

32 Our aim: Bring across the human rights to the government in such a way that they use them

33 The Pocket Guide

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35 Manual (5 pages) and step-by-step Journey

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37 Get busy role play

38 Group 1 Government has no money, no petrol, no nothing Group 2 Communities are using rights to pressure government for better services Group 3 NGO promoting monitoring technology for use at district level What we want to do: - Scan the materials - Use the materials to address the challenges in your scenario - In your scenario, how could you use these materials REPORT BACK as a role play. Think how can we use these materials to nudge conversations in another direction?

39 Report back