Thursday, 27 January

9:30-9:45 - Welcome and introduction

9:45-11:15 – Context and challenges

Usha Ramanathan - Context and challenges

Philippe Cullet - Law and policy context

11:15 – 11:30: coffee/tea break

11:30-13:00 – International and comparative law context

Christophe Golay - Right to sanitation in international law

Christian Hofer - State obligations under the Covenant and economic policy making in the sanitation sector

13:00 – 14:00 lunch

14:00-15:30 - Law, policy and institutional issues

Preeti Mohan - Judicial and government perspectives on sanitation

Andrea von Flüe - Sanitation law in perspective – Regulatory framework in Switzerland

15:30 – 16:00: coffee/tea break

16:00-17:30 - Financial aspects and urban sanitation

Valérie Issumo – From sanitation laws to effective sanitation through an ethical sanitation stock exchange

Leena Dabiru - Access to sanitation for women

Followed by the screening of: Azadi ki aur (marching towards freedom) by VB Rawat, Social Development Foundation