Human Rights-Based Approach to Sanitation: An Analysis with a Particular Focus on a Lithuanian Perspective

Abstract

The article analyses the human rights-based approach to sanitation from theoretical and practical perspectives. The first section of the article briefly introduces the path toward a recognition of sanitation as a human right within the international legal framework. In the second section, emphasis is given to the content of the human right of sanitation. The third section examines the state obligations implied by this right. The fourth section focuses on Lithuania and seeks to analyse whether and how the rights-based approach to sanitation is reflected in the Lithuanian legal system.

Keywords

• human rights
• sanitation
• water
• lithuania
• international law