Examining the practice of developing human rights indicators to facilitate accountability for the human right to water and sanitation

Journal of Human Rights Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 159-181

  Meier, Benjamin Mason ^a   Kestenbaum, Jocelyn Getgen ^b   Kayser, Georgia Lyn ^a   Amjad, Urooj Quezon ^a   Bartram, Jamie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Clinical Law of the Human Rights and Genocide Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; human rights treaty bodies; indicators; post 2015 agenda; United Nations; water and sanitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897803126     PISSN: 17579619     EISSN: 17579627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhuman/hut031     Document Type: Article

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