Title | Manual on the right to water and sanitation |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2007 |
Authors | COHRE -Geneva, CH., Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions |
Edition | Draft |
Pagination | 154 + 9 p. : boxes |
Date Published | 2007-01-01 |
Publisher | Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) |
Place Published | Geneva, Switzerland |
Keywords | access to sanitation, access to water, community participation, human rights, hygiene, information dissemination, institutional framework, legislation, manuals, millennium development goals, policies, sdipol, water use |
Abstract |
This publication, written in non-legal language, explains how human rights can be practically realised in the water and sanitation sector. It recognises that implementing the right to water and sanitation is not limited to legal recognition or allocations of funds. It provides a basis for practical reforms that can help make the water and sanitation sector operate in a manner that is more pro-poor, accountable and inclusive. It will assist governments to operationalise their legal obligations under the international human rights treaties they have ratified, and can be used as a tool to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Human rights standards can help orient policy-making towards serving the needs of those without access to water and sanitation and requires participatory, inclusive and accountable processes that can facilitate significant increases in access to water and sanitation. |
Notes | Includes references |
Custom 1 | 202.3, 302.3 |