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ArticleScience and engineering ethics2014

Translating the human right to water and sanitation into public policy reform.

Benjamin Mason Meier, Georgia Lyn Kayser, Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, Urooj Quezon Amjad, Fernanda Dalcanale, Jamie Bartram

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Article in Science and engineering ethics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Benjamin Mason MeierDepartment of Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 218 Abernethy Hall, CB #3435, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3435, USA, bmeier@unc.edu.
Georgia Lyn Kayser
Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum
Urooj Quezon Amjad
Fernanda Dalcanale
Jamie Bartram

Funding

Water Wisdom: Developing Local-Global Capacities in Managing WaterR24TW008810 · FIC · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BENTLEY, MARGARET E · 2010 to 2010
$259k
FIC NIH HHS R24 TW008810
6 · The paper itself

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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Government RegulationHuman RightsPublic HealthPublic PolicySanitationWaterBrazilEcuadorHumansInternational CooperationInterviews as TopicMalawiWater

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PMID24381084
PMCPMC6873452

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