ABSTRACT
The human right to sanitation (HRS) norm, which initially evolved through a bottom-up approach, has been enriched through principles contained in various sources of human rights law. Therefore, as a precursor to analysing the HRS in further detail, this chapter addresses the secondary research question: What are the human rights principles for addressing key human development challenges; and how do the principles promote inclusive development? The scope of the chapter is limited to analysing four aspects of international human rights (HR) that are directly relevant to understanding the HRS norm, subsequently discussed in Chapter 5, namely: the sources and meaning of HR (see 4.2); an overview of the HR principles (see 4.3); and the indicators for evaluating the performance of the HR principles (see 4.4). section 4.5 presents the inferences from the chapter. However, this chapter does not cover other wider aspects of international HR law, such as the (non-)existence of a hierarchy in international legal norms, in further detail.
