Human rights' interdependence and indivisibility: a glance over the human rights to water and sanitation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was drawn up. The content of this document was further reflected two treaties, the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. To try to maintain the interrelationship between the rights contained in each document, the idea that all rights are interdependent and indivisible was stressed. Based on this vision, this study aimed to explore the extent to which the violation of the human rights to water and sanitation interferes with the guarantee of other rights, addressing the principles of interdependence and indivisibility.

Methods

For that, 24 homeless, in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, were interviewed. Individual and group interviews were carried out in a

SUBMITTER: Neves-Silva P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6408851 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature