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Development cooperation in water and sanitation: is it based on the human right...
Brown,Colin; Heller,LéoAbstract The water and sanitation sector is verifiably receiving increased attention and funding through international development cooperation. Not least because of the way that it affects incentives and institutions in partner countries, development cooperation can have either positive or negative effects on human rights though. The consolidated frameworks for the human rights to water and sanitation is becomi...
The human right to water and sanitation: a new perspective for public policies
Brown,Colin; Neves-Silva,Priscila; Heller,LéoAbstract The recognition of the human right to water and sanitation (HRtWS) by the United Nations General Assembly and Human Rights Council in 2010 constituted a significant political measure whose direct consequences are still being assessed. Previous to this date, the HRtWS and its link to a healthy life and adequate standard of living had been recognised in diverse legal and judicial spheres worldwide, in so...