Special Issue "Water and Sanitation as Human Rights: Have They Strengthened Marginalized Peoples’ Claim for Access?"
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (18 October 2021) | Viewed by 24932
Special Issue Editors

2. The Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), Bergen, Norway
Interests: human rights; comparative judicial politics; Latin American politics
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2. The Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), Bergen, Norway
Interests: human rights; comparative courts; political development; comparative politics; Latin America

Interests: municipal government; informal settlements; land; water and sanitation; water and sanitation management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In 2010, a United Nations General Assembly resolution declared the human rights to water and sanitation as stand-alone human rights, recognizing water as essential for all aspects of human life and the harmful impacts for populations excluded from access to sanitation and potable water. One implied goal of elevating these rights to human rights was to incentivize governments to prioritize policies to provide accessible, affordable, drinkable water to the more than 750 million people worldwide who lacked it and adequate sanitation to the more than 2.5 billion people who lacked it. This Special Issue invites contributions that investigate the impact and utility of the human rights to water and sanitation as tools to enhance access to water and sanitation, especially for the world’s most marginalized people.
This Special Issue is interdisciplinary and encourages methodological pluralism. We welcome research-based manuscript submissions from scholars and practitioners working in the social sciences, law, humanities, and natural sciences. We are especially interested in manuscripts that examine various impacts of the human rights to water and sanitation in the realization of access to water and sanitation on marginalized people.
Prof. Dr. Bruce M. Wilson
Prof. Dr. Daniel Brinks
Arkaja Singh
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- human rights to water and sanitation
- water, sanitation, and health
- sustainable development goals
- water access
- water and sanitation management
- accountability
- politics
- human rights realization
- impact and efficacy of human rights