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The Human Right to Water : Legal and Policy Dimensions

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dc.contributor.authorSalman, Salman M.A.
dc.contributor.authorMcInerney-Lankford, Siobhán
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-07T21:28:55Z
dc.date.available2013-08-07T21:28:55Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractThe evolution of the right to water can be traced to the developments of the early 1970s. This Study analyzes the resolutions and declarations of the various conferences and forums that have been held since that time, and the ways in which they have confronted the issue of the right to water. The Study then discusses the evolution of the international legal regime for the protection and promotion of human rights, and pays particular attention to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as well as to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The role of each of the committees established to oversee the implementation of the two Covenants is considered in some detail. Particular attention is given to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, its evolution, and its strengthening, and the practice of issuing General Comments. The last two parts of the Study are devoted to General Comment No. 15, which recognizes the human right to water. These parts analyze the extent to which the Comment recognizes a legal right to water, and highlights some policy aspects that are related to, and may affect, this right. The core thesis of this book is that there exists, within the legal framework of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, a human right to water because it is a right that inheres in several other rights, and a right without which key provisions of the Covenant would be rendered ineffectual. This conclusion is buttressed also by the interpretative authority that lies with the Committee having evolved from its initial form as a Working Group, to what is now undeniably, a fully-fledged entity, with significant formal authority and legitimacy. Although this conclusion acknowledges that General Comments do not create new rights, it recognizes that General Comment No. 15 extrapolates the normative and practical bases of a human right to water within the fabric of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Together with a number of General Assembly resolutions on the issue, including the Millennium Development Goal related to water, as well as the voluminous body of soft law provisions, the General Comment arguably provides further evidence that there is an incipient right to water evolving in public international law today. Moreover, the Comment has offered a new momentum to efforts aimed at translating those soft law commitments into substantive, precise, and legally binding obligations.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/5180202/human-right-water-legal-policy-dimensions
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/0-8213-5922-3
dc.identifier.isbn0-8213-5922-3
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/14893
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLaw, Justice, and Development;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectACTION PLANS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WATER
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WATER USE
dc.subjectCIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subjectCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectCLEAN WATER
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY WATER
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY WATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectCONSERVATION
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDRINKING WATER
dc.subjectDRY AREAS
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC VALUE
dc.subjectECOSYSTEM
dc.subjectENTITLEMENTS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectEXPLOITATION
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectFRESHWATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectINTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL LAW
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL RIVERS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL WATER CONFERENCES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL WATERCOURSES
dc.subjectJURISDICTION
dc.subjectLEGAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectMONITORING PROGRAM
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectPOLLUTION CONTROL
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPROGRAMS
dc.subjectPROTOCOLS
dc.subjectRIVER
dc.subjectRURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT HARM
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTREATIES
dc.subjectTURKEY
dc.subjectUNSAFE DRINKING WATER
dc.subjectWASTE WATER
dc.subjectWATER CRISIS
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATER RIGHTS
dc.subjectWATER SHORTAGE
dc.subjectWATER SHORTAGES
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectWATER USE
dc.titleThe Human Right to Water : Legal and Policy Dimensionsen
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Publication
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/5180202/human-right-water-legal-policy-dimensions
okr.globalpracticeWater
okr.guid219811468157522364
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/0-8213-5922-3
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000090341_20041018135134
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum5180202
okr.identifier.report30229
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.topicWater Resources::Water and Industry
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Town Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions
okr.topicWater Resources::Water Conservation
okr.unitESSD & International Law (LEGEN)
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