This manual is part of the AAAQ Toolbox, developed by DIHR as a collection of tools and methodologies for application of the Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability and Quality (AAAQ) criteria in national, local and project level contexts. The Toolbox is designed to assist in the design of initiatives for realisation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) by National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI), states, private sector providers and civil society.The purpose of this manual is to guide stakeholders through a process of identifying national indicators and targets in order to establish a common understanding and interpretation of the right to water in a specific country context. The identification of national indicators and targets takes its point of departure in the international human rights standards and indicators as set out in international hard and soft law (the DIHR AAAQ Framework for the right to water).