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Realising the Right to Sanitation - International and Comparative Perspectives

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Realising the Right to Sanitation - International and Comparative Perspectives

Sanitation 2013 Workshop Schedule

2-3 May 2013, SOAS, University of London

Thursday 2 May 2013, Room G3

Time	Presentation
9:00–9:15am	Registration & tea/coffee
9:15–9:30am	Introduction to the Workshop Philippe Cullet & Sue Cavill
9:30–10:30am	Session I: Conceptualising the Right to Sanitation Chair: Lyla Mehta Catarina de Albuquerque: The UN contribution to the development of the right to sanitation [by video link] Philippe Cullet: Sanitation law in India: Towards a comprehensive conceptual framework
10:30–11:30am	Session II: Operationalising the Right to Sanitation Chair: Tony Allan Archana Patkar: Translating the right to sanitation into reality, in particular for specific groups, women and girls and its justiceability Jane Wilbur: Barriers to access to sanitation for vulnerable groups and non-discrimination approaches
11:30–11:45am	Tea/coffee
11:45am–1:00pm	Session III: The Right to Sanitation in Europe Chair: Susan Chaplin Henri Smets: Implementation of the right to sanitation in Western Europe – The case of France Monica Garcia Quesada: Citizens, customers, consumers? The role of users in sewerage services provision in Europe from a comparative perspective
1:00–2:00pm	Lunch
2:00–3:30 pm	Session IV: The Right to Sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa Chair: Henri Smets Jackie Dugard: The right to sanitation in South Africa Spera Atuhairwe: The right to sanitation for all: Experiences from Uganda Rosalind Malcolm: Catalysing self-sustaining sanitation chains in informal settlements – 3K SAN
3:30–4:00pm	Tea/coffee
4:00–5:30pm	Session V: Urban, Environmental & Health Dimensions Chair: Jackie Dugard Susan Chaplin: The politics of sanitation policy in urban India Lovleen Bhullar: Legal framework for wastewater disposal in urban India
5:30pm	Screening of: Azadi ki aur (marching towards freedom) by VB Rawat, Social Development Foundation

Friday 3 May 2013, Room B104

Time	Presentation
9:15–9:30am	Tea/coffee
9:30–11:00am	Session VI: Social Dimensions Chair: Sue Cavill Shomona Khanna: Manual scavenging and the eradication of untouchability – The legal story so far Lyla Mehta: Community led total sanitation in India
11:00–11:30am	Tea/coffee
11:30–1:00pm	Session VII: Rural Dimensions Chair: Philippe Cullet Sujith Koonan: Rural sanitation law and policy framework in India Louisa Gosling: Mainstreaming equity and inclusion in sanitation – A rights based approach
1:00–1:15pm	Concluding Remarks Sue Cavill & Philippe Cullet
1:15pm	Lunch

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