Inconvenient Human Rights: Access to Water and Sanitation in Sweden's Informal Roma Settlements
Year: 2016
Type: book
Abstract: Swedish municipalities initiated more than 80 evictions of vulnerable EU citizens, mostly Roma, from informal settlements on the grounds of poor sanitation between 2013 and 2016. As explained in this report by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Sodertorn University and the NuLawLab of Northeastern University School of Law, these evictions violated human rights obligations when individuals were offered no alternative access to water and sanitation beyond a few days. Access to water and sanitation, on terms that are affordable and safe, are basic, universal human rights that must be available to all people present in a jurisdiction. In a water-rich country like Sweden, with highly-developed water and sanitation delivery systems, a more positive intervention by the government is required, the report concludes. Further, the report provides specific guidance on how cities can meet the government’s human rights obligations with respect to water and sanitation for the vulnerable Roma individuals in their communities.
Authors: Martha F. Davis, Natasha Ryan
Institutions: Northeastern University, Södertörn University
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2522862085