The AAAQ Framework and the Right to Water - international indicators
A human rights based approach to development has gained a prominent role in the socio-economic development of countries around the world and the agenda for the development and realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Meanwhile, the challenge remains of translating the international human rights instruments and normative values into a model for development with a clarified methodology, analytical concepts and policy options. All involved actors need to know and understand what the right to an adequate standard of living means and how this can be achieved.
This Issue Paper explores a possible generic methodology for the operationalisation of rights, exemplified through the right to water.
The key aims of this methodology are:
- To identify the core normative dimensions of the right in terms of the criteria of Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability and Quality (AAAQ).
- To develop a framework on the basis of the AAAQ criteria that consists of specific standards, generic indicators and generic benchmarks.
Also read: The AAAQ Manual and the Right to Water - contextualising indicators and AAAQ & sexual and reproductive health and rights.
This paper is part of the DIHR AAAQ (Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability and Quality) Toolbox that aims to support the operationalisation of the rights to water, sanitation, food, housing, health, and education.
Designed as a multi-stakeholder approach, the AAAQ Toolbox offers common methodologies for all stakeholders as well as tailored tools for states, rights-holders, business, civil society and National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs).
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