The Right to Sanitation in India Critical Perspectives

by Cullet, Philippe; Koonan, Sujith; Bhullar, Lovleen

• ISBN13: 9780199489855
• ISBN10: 0199489858
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2019-05-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Philippe Cullet, Professor, International and Environmental Law, SOAS University of London, Sujith Koonan, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Lovleen Bhullar, Doctoral Candidate, University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies

Philippe Cullet is Professor of International and Environmental Law, SOAS University of London and Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.

Sujith Koonan is Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.

Lovleen Bhullar is a Doctoral Candidate at SOAS University of Londonan Independent Researcher associated with the Environmental Law Research Society (ELRS), a non-governmental organization working on environmental law and policy issues in New Delhi, India.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Usha Ramanathan
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations and Hindi Terms
Introduction
Part I. Conceptual Framework
Chapter I.: Sanitation: The Last Taboo Becomes A Human Right
Catarina de Albuquerque
Chapter II.: Sanitation in South Africa: Policy, Practice, and Contestation
Jackie Dugard
Chapter III.: The Right to Sanitation: Multiple Dimensions and Challenges
Philippe Cullet
Chapter IV.: Sanitation and State Planning: An Analysis of Five-year Plans
Ruchi Shree
Part II. Realising the Right to Sanitation in Rural and Urban Areas
Chapter V.: Assessing the Realisation of the Right to Sanitation in Rural Areas
Sujith Koonan
Chapter VI.: Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and Its Potential to Realise the Right to Sanitation
Lyla Mehta
Chapter VII.: Right to Sanitation in Urban Areas: Legal Obligations and Institutional Challenges
Mathew John
Chapter VIII.: The Politics of Open Defecation: Informality, Body, and Infrastructure in Mumbai
Renu Desai, Colin McFarlane, and Steve Graham
Chapter IX.: The Environmental Dimension of the Right to Sanitation
Lovleen Bhullar
Part III. Dignity, Safety, and Vulnerability
Chapter X.: Safai Karamchari Andolan: An Insider's Account
Bezwada Wilson
Chapter XI.: Invisible Inequalities: an Analysis of the Safai Karamchari Andolan Case
Shomona Khanna
Chapter XII.: Rights of Sanitation Workers in India
P. Sakthivel, M. Nirmalkumar, and Akshayaa Benjamin
Chapter XIII.: Sanitation, Gender Inequality, and Implications for Rights
Sujith Koonan and Lovleen Bhullar
About the Editors and Contributors
Index