Realising the right to water and sanitation in Nigeria : a human rights-based-ecosystem approach / Kasim Balarabe.

Realisation of access to water and sanitation has been a fundamental social issue for many countries around the world. In Nigeria, more than 50 million people do not have access to improved water. Recently in Nigeria, the international community, civil society, non-governmental organisations and aca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Balarabe, Kasim (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; Plymouth ; Mortsel ; Chicago : Intersentia, [2019]
Series:School of Human Rights Research series ; 87.
Subjects:
Right to sanitation > Nigeria.
Right to water > Nigeria.
Human rights > Nigeria.
Droit à l'eau > Nigeria.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Nigeria.
Human rights.
Right to sanitation.
Right to water.
Nigeria.
Sanitation.
Water.
Physical Description:xvi, 533 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • General introduction
  • The right to water & its legal obligations
  • Human rights protection in Nigeria
  • Compliance with the legal obligations
  • The human rights awareness
  • Factors contributing to the poor coverage
  • Potentials of liberal interpretation approaches on non-justiciable rights
  • Potentials of a human rights-based approach
  • Potentials of an ecosystem approach
  • Conclusions : finding & recommendations.