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Translating the Human Right to Water and Sanitation into Public Policy Reform |
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| Authors: | Benjamin Mason Meier Georgia Lyn Kayser Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum Urooj Quezon Amjad Fernanda Dalcanale Jamie Bartram |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 218 Abernethy Hall, CB #3435, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3435, USA 5. Department of Public Policy and The Water Institute, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, The Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA 3. Human Rights and Genocide Clinic, Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, USA 4. The Water Institute, and Global Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA 2. The Water Institute, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, The Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
| Abstract: | The development of a human right to water and sanitation under international law has created an imperative to implement human rights in water and sanitation policy. Through forty-three interviews with informants in international institutions, national governments, and non-governmental organizations, this research examines interpretations of this new human right in global governance, national policy, and local practice. Exploring obstacles to the implementation of rights-based water and sanitation policy, the authors analyze the limitations of translating international human rights into local water and sanitation practice, concluding that system operators, utilities, and management boards remain largely unaffected by the changing public policy landscape for human rights realization. To understand the relevance of human rights standards to water and sanitation practitioners, this article frames a research agenda to ensure that human rights aspirations lead to public policy reforms and public health outcomes. |
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