Addressing the Human Rights Issues of Water and Sanitation in Fako division (Cameroon) Legal Framework and the Realization of the Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract

This study favours the argument of water and sanitation being an indispensable comodity for human existence. A strong reason why there is an express recognition at both national level and international level of the right to water and sanitation. The Right to water and sanitation as defined by this study is the right of all humans without distinction to have access to water for domestic and personal use and proper sanitation. The paper limits the study to the Fako division of the republic of Cameroon. The document encompasses the sources of the right to water and sanitation in Cameroon as a whole. Secondly, it attempts a critical analysis of the nature of the right to water and sanitation.From the analysis it will x-ray the salient elements of the right to water and sanitation and also put strong argument that the right to water and sanitation is fraught with shortcomings or better still,violated seriously within the locality of Fako division. Nonetheless, Cameroon is among the few developing countries in Africa that have ratified international treaties and convention recognising the right to water and sanitation in their legal system. The study crowns it with recommendations and proposals on the way forward to an effective enforcement of the right to water.