The human rights to water and sanitation / Leó Heller.

"This analysis of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (HRtWS) uncovers why some groups around the world are still excluded from these rights. Léo Heller, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation, draws on his own research in nine countri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heller, Léo (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Series:Cambridge studies on environment, energy and natural resource governance.
Subjects:
Right to water.
Right to sanitation.
Droit à l'eau.
Physical Description:xxix, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Emergence and consolidation of legal obligations
  • The meaning of the human rights to water and sanitation
  • Controversies around the human rights to water and sanitation
  • Neoliberalism and privatization
  • Business activities with an emphasis on megaprojects
  • Development cooperation in water and sanitation
  • Regulation of water and sanitation services
  • Accountability in the water and sanitation sector
  • Affordability in the access to services
  • Progressive lealization of the human rights to water and sanitation
  • The gender dimension
  • Forcibly displaced persons
  • Spheres of life beyond the household with an emphasis on public spaces.