Water as a human right ?
Author(s): |
Scanlon, John ; Cassar, Angela ; Nemes, No茅mi 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播, Environmental Law Programme |
Published: | 2004 |
Series: | 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 environmental policy and law paper ; no.051 |
ISBN: | 2-8317-0785-4 ; DOI 10.2305/香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播.CH.2005.EPLP.51.en |
Gland : 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播, 2004. ix, 53p.
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.
Note: Includes bibliographic references
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