The Human Right to Water : Significance, Legal Status and Implications for Water Allocation

Summary: 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 wate.

Record details

ISBN: 1283739585
ISBN: 9781283739580
ISBN: 1849462836
ISBN: 9781849462839
ISBN: 1847319629
ISBN: 9781847319623
Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 pages)
remote
Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-323) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prelims; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Summary Contents; Detailed Contents; Abbreviations; Table of Cases; Table of Instruments; 1. Introduction; 2. Background: Water Availability and Competing Demands; 3. Legal Foundations of the Human Right to Water; 4. Legal Characteristics of the Human Right to Water; 5. Human Rights Implications for Water Allocation; 6. Benefits of Understanding Water as a Human Right; 7. Conclusion and Outlook; Bibliography; Index.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.