The Human Right to Water

Significance, Legal Status and Implications for Water Allocation

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, International
Cover of the book The Human Right to Water by Dr Inga Winkler, Bloomsbury Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Dr Inga Winkler ISBN: 9781847319630
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: August 14, 2014
Imprint: Hart Publishing Language: English
Author: Dr Inga Winkler
ISBN: 9781847319630
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: August 14, 2014
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Language: English

The United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Council recognised the human right to water in 2010. This formal recognition has put the issue high on the international agenda, but by itself leaves many questions unanswered. This book addresses this gap and clarifies the legal status and meaning of the right to water through a detailed analysis of its legal foundations, legal nature, normative content and corresponding State obligations.
The human right to water has wide-ranging implications for the distribution of water. Examining these implications requires putting the right to water into the broader context of different water uses and analysing the linkages and competition with other human rights that depend on water for their realisation. Water allocation is a highly political issue reflecting societal power relations, with current priorities often benefitting the well-off and powerful. Human rights, in contrast, require prioritising the most basic needs of all people. The human right to water has the potential to address these underlying structural causes of the lack of access to water rooted in inequalities and poverty by empowering people to hold the State accountable to live up to its human rights obligations and to demand that their basic needs are met with priority.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Council recognised the human right to water in 2010. This formal recognition has put the issue high on the international agenda, but by itself leaves many questions unanswered. This book addresses this gap and clarifies the legal status and meaning of the right to water through a detailed analysis of its legal foundations, legal nature, normative content and corresponding State obligations.
The human right to water has wide-ranging implications for the distribution of water. Examining these implications requires putting the right to water into the broader context of different water uses and analysing the linkages and competition with other human rights that depend on water for their realisation. Water allocation is a highly political issue reflecting societal power relations, with current priorities often benefitting the well-off and powerful. Human rights, in contrast, require prioritising the most basic needs of all people. The human right to water has the potential to address these underlying structural causes of the lack of access to water rooted in inequalities and poverty by empowering people to hold the State accountable to live up to its human rights obligations and to demand that their basic needs are met with priority.

More books from Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover of the book History of Technology Volume 28 by Dr Inga Winkler
Cover of the book Slav Outposts in Central European History by Dr Inga Winkler
Cover of the book Last Ape Standing by Dr Inga Winkler
Cover of the book The Good Life by Dr Inga Winkler
Cover of the book American Terroir by Dr Inga Winkler
Cover of the book Just Like the Movies by Dr Inga Winkler
Cover of the book Finnish Yearbook of International Law, Volume 23, 2012-2013 by Dr Inga Winkler
Cover of the book I Am Rembrandt's Daughter by Dr Inga Winkler
Cover of the book 1970s, The: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction by Dr Inga Winkler
Cover of the book Bloomsbury CPD Library: Secondary Curriculum and Assessment Design by Dr Inga Winkler
Cover of the book Human Rights and Private Law by Dr Inga Winkler
Cover of the book Why Teach? by Dr Inga Winkler
Cover of the book Gardeners and Astronomers by Dr Inga Winkler
Cover of the book Leisured Resistance by Dr Inga Winkler
Cover of the book Schizoanalysis and Ecosophy by Dr Inga Winkler
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy