The Human Right to Water and International Economic Law
Title | The Human Right to Water and International Economic Law PDF eBook |
Author | Roberta Greco |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 331 |
Release | 2022-05-05 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1000217469 |
This book discusses the international right to water and the liberalization of water services. It is concerned with the harmonization of the right to water with the legal systems under which liberalization of water services has taken or may take place. It assesses paths of harmonization between international human rights law and international economic law in this specific field. The issue of the compatibility between the fulfilment of the right to water and the liberalization of water services has been at the heart of a passionate public debate between opponents and advocates of the privatization of the utility. The book provides an unbiased analysis of different international legal regimes under which the liberalization of water services has occurred or is likely to occur, notably international investment law, international trade law and European Union law, in order to assess whether the main features of the right to water can be guaranteed under each of these systems of law and whether there is space for prospective harmonization. The work will be an invaluable resource for academics, researchers and policy-makers working in the areas of International Human Rights Law, International Economic Law, International Water Law, International Trade Law and EU Law.
Fresh Water and International Economic Law
Title | Fresh Water and International Economic Law PDF eBook |
Author | Edith Brown Weiss |
Publisher | International Economic Law |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780199274673 |
This book addresses the key interdisciplinary issues that increasingly confront policy makers, tribunals, arbitration bodies and other institutions. It focuses primarily on law, but also includes perspectives from economics, political science and other disciplines.
The Human Right to Water
Title | The Human Right to Water PDF eBook |
Author | Malcolm Langford |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 737 |
Release | 2017-10-05 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1107010705 |
The first book to engage in a comprehensive examination of the human right to water in theory and in practice.
The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation
Title | The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation PDF eBook |
Author | Léo Heller |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 453 |
Release | 2022-05-12 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1108944973 |
This analysis of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (HRtWS) uncovers why some groups around the world are still excluded from these rights. Léo Heller, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation, draws on his own research in nine countries and reviews the theoretical, legal, and political issues involved. The first part presents the origins of the HRtWS, their legal and normative meanings and the debates surrounding them. Part II discusses the drivers, mainly external to the water and sanitation sector, that shape public policies and explain why individuals and groups are included in or excluded from access to services. In Part III, public policies guided by the realization of HRtWS are addressed. Part IV highlights populations and spheres of living that have been particularly neglected in efforts to promote access to services.
The Human Right to Water
Title | The Human Right to Water PDF eBook |
Author | Inga Winkler |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 2014-08-14 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1847319629 |
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.
The Human Right to Water
Title | The Human Right to Water PDF eBook |
Author | Salman M. A. Salman |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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Currently, it is reported that more than two billion people are affected by water shortages in over 40 countries, with diseases associated with unsafe drinking water and lack of adequate sanitation among the leading causes of death in developing countries. Predictions forecast that by the year 2050, at least one in four people is likely to live in a country affected by chronic or recurring shortages of fresh water. This publication, written by recognised experts in this field, explores the genesis of the debate on the right to water and the links between development issues, water resources and human rights. It focuses on the importance of General Comment No. 15 (issued by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 2002) which explicitly recognizes a human right to water; and concludes that an incipient right to water is emerging in international law, supported by several soft law instruments, evolving customary international law and an increasing number of domestic law provisions.
Water as a Human Right?
Title | Water as a Human Right? PDF eBook |
Author | John Scanlon |
Publisher | IUCN |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9782831707853 |
Formally acknowledging water as a human right could encourage the international community and governments to enhance their efforts to satisfy basic human needs and to meet the Millennium Development Goals. But critical questions arise in relation to a right to water. What would be the benefits and content of such a right? What mechanisms would be required for its effective implementation? Should the duty be placed on governments alone, or should the responsibility also be borne by private actors? Is another 'academic debate' on this subject warranted when action is really what is necessary? Without claiming to prescribe the answers, this publication clearly and carefully sets out the competing arguments and the challenges.