The human right to water and sanitation: a new perspective for public policies

Brown, Colin; Neves-Silva, Priscila; Heller, Léo

doi:10.1590/1413-81232015213.20142015

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“…Nesse sentido, há uma contradição insuperável entre aceitar a mercantilização da água e o seu reconhecimento enquanto direito humano. A Organização das Nações Unidas declarou que a água limpa, segura e o saneamento são direitos essenciais para as pessoas gozarem plenamente a vida e todos os outros direitos humanos (ONU, 2010), logo, a água deve ser um bem público, gratuito e não mercantilizável, sob responsabilidade dos Estados e sob gerência dos povos (NUNES, 2009;BROWN;NEVES-SILVA;HELLER, 2016).…”

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Comunicações sobre a crise hídrica:

Fischer¹,

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Cunha³

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O artigo analisa como informações on-line a respeito da crise hídrica têm sido repassadas para usuários da Internet no Brasil e como os internautas se manifestam sobre o assunto. Para tanto, foi empregado o método de análise de conteúdo a partir dos comentários de usuários de portais de notícias, blogs especializados, redes sociais e plataformas de vídeo, que se manifestaram espontaneamente ante as informações sobre a crise hídrica entre dezembro de 2014 a maio de 2015. Os resultados indicaram que há divergência na percepção das responsabilidades individuais e coletivas, no contexto da crise hídrica, entre os usuários da Internet e os meios de comunicação investigados. Os espaços virtuais da Internet são identificados como uma necessidade cotidiana dos usuários, porém, uma sensibilização ética sobre as questões ambientais para os atores desse diálogo faz-se necessária.

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“…The (A.1) indicator relates to (i) the Human Right to Water and Sanitation (UNGA, 2010;Obani & Gupta, 2014;Brown et al, 2016) and (ii) the universal access principle adopted in the SDGs (UNGA, 2015) and checks whether the access addresses people's contextual needs. (A.1) demonstrates whether there is a possibility of legal redress when the poorest are denied WSS (Obani & Gupta, 2014).…”

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“…This context was also characterised by WSS delivery moving back and forth between private and public management (see also Murtha et al (2015); Roland et al (2018)). Apart from the WatSan sector's internal dynamics, three 'systemic conditions' have impacted expansion by influencing policies (Castro, 2009;Heller, 2009): (i) the national and international political-economic framework in place (Castro, 2009;Murtha et al, 2015), including the adoption of the MDGs, the SDGs and the Human Right to Water (Heller, 2015;Brown et al, 2016); (ii) the financial support from international organisations (Castro, 2009;Murtha et al, 2015) based often on the need for rationalising the sector and supporting public-private partnerships (Bakker, 2003;Pessoa, 2008); and (iii) the role of the State in WSS management (Roland et al, 2018) (BRASIL, 2010) which sets standards for policy implementation at multiple levels and promotes good governance practices. The BS-Law goes beyond WSS and also embraces: (i) urban sanitation and solid waste management and (ii) drainage and management of urban stormwater services.…”

Section: Water and Sanitation Inclusive Indicators Application In Brazilmentioning

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Public water supply and sanitation policies and inclusive development of the urban poor in Brazil

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Poorly designed policies jeopardise ecosystems and their services and the expansion of basic services to vulnerable populations. In the water and sanitation (WatSan) sector, inadequate access of the urban poor to formal and public drinking water supply and sanitation services (WSS) calls for more inclusive policies. Inclusive development (ID) has social, environmental and relational dimensions. However, there is little research on operationalising ID dimensions in WatSan policy discourse analysis. Hence, this paper addresses: How can we elaborate on indicators for inclusive WatSan policies? How can these be applied to assess the design of Brazilian WatSan policies? It examines the literature on ID and WatSan, develops and applies an analytical framework with six indicators to assess ID in WSS through policy analysis: access to minimum WSS; access to WSS even if the urban poor do not have formal housing; domestic wastewater collection/treatment; water availability; participation; and WSS subsidies for low-income people. Comparison between two Brazilian WatSan policies shows that the current WatSan law scores higher on ID than the previous law but neglects key aspects of social, environmental and relational ID dimensions. The selected indicators were useful to operationalise ID in WatSan policy discourse analysis and can boost policy design assessment elsewhere.

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“…However, in practice, the specificity of water resources typically renders it impossibly difficult for individuals or group consumers to directly use water resources without receiving the services rendered by social organizations that are specialized in water supply. [9] This means that, between the ownership of water resources by the state and the right to use water resources by consumers, there also exists the right to operate water resources.…”

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Definition of the Connotation of Water Right in the Transitional Period and Research on its Management Patterns- Based on the Reform Experiences of Several Countries

Liu¹,

Miao²

2017

Proceedings of the 2017 2nd International Conference on Materials Science, Machinery and Energy Engineering (MSMEE 2017)

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While the management and development of water resources requires continuous establishment and improvement of the property system of water resource assets, a premise of such establishment and improvement requires a comprehensive understanding of water rights. What kind of right is water right? What is the role of a water right system? How does it relate to the most rigorous water resource management system? Questions like these are all in urgent need for definite answers. Based on practice and explorations of several countries during recent years and through analysis of the connotation, orientation, and main patterns, this paper investigates the details of controversial questions, thus advancing research on several theoretical questions regarding the path of the water right reform in future China.

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The human right to water and sanitation: a new perspective for public policies

Cited by 38 publications

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Public water supply and sanitation policies and inclusive development of the urban poor in Brazil

Definition of the Connotation of Water Right in the Transitional Period and Research on its Management Patterns- Based on the Reform Experiences of Several Countries

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