Leo Heller

The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written by a former UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation, this book draws on extensive research in the field. It covers theoretical, conceptual, and practical aspects of the theme, in a coherent analysis of elements that influence or are influenced by these human rights.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 452
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108940467
• ISBN-10: 1108940463
• Artikelnr.: 72108584

Autorenporträt

Léo Heller is Senior Researcher in the René Rachou Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil. He has extensive experience in formulating policies, teaching and researching in human rights, public policies, and environmental health, related to water and sanitation. He was the second Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, appointed by the Human Rights Council of the UN.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The human rights to water and sanitation: background
1. Emergence and consolidation of legal obligations
2. The meaning of the human rights to water and sanitation
3. Controversies around the human rights to water and sanitation
Part II. Drivers for the realization and violation of the HRtWS
4. Neoliberalism and privatization
5. Business activities with an emphasis on megaprojects
6. Development cooperation in water and sanitation
Part III. Policies
7. Regulation of water and sanitation services
8. Accountability in the water and sanitation sector
9. Affordability in the access to services
10. Progressive realization of the human rights to water and sanitation
Part IV. People
11. The gender dimension
12. Forcibly displaced persons
13. Spheres of life beyond the household with an emphasis on public spaces.