The Right to Sanitation as a Human Right

Following an examination of State practice in a number of European Union Member States in respect of access to sanitation, the European Council on Environmental Law (CEDE) concluded that "access to sanitation is a human right". The right to sanitation mainly concerns access of households t...

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Published inEnvironmental policy and law Vol. 40; no. 5; p. 228
Main Author Smets, Henri
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Copyright Agency Limited (Distributor) 01.10.2010
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Environmental policy
Human rights
International organizations
Sanitation
Sanitation services
Europe
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Summary:Following an examination of State practice in a number of European Union Member States in respect of access to sanitation, the European Council on Environmental Law (CEDE) concluded that "access to sanitation is a human right". The right to sanitation mainly concerns access of households to wastewater disposal facilities and services and to sanitary installations. CEDE proposes to governments that they explicitly recognize the right of everyone to sanitation as a specific legally enforceable right and not as a mere aspiration or political goal.
ISSN:0378-777X
1878-5395