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As approximately 2.6 billion people are without access to basic sanitation, the recognition of a human right to sanitation represents an important development in international human rights law. The right, derived from Article 11 (the right to an adequate living) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, has been framed as the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation. However, what has been largely absent in both the emergence of the right to sanitation in various international law instruments, as well as the conceptualization of it over the last decade, is a consideration of the impact of inadequate sanitation on the natural environment and the associated infringement of environmental rights. This article problematizes the scant acknowledgement of environmental considerations in the framing of the right to sanitation and argues that a multifaceted approach to the right to sanitation must integrate environmental concerns.
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