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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2012Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (376 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781847319623
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Human Right to WaterDDC classification:
  • 341.48
LOC classification:
  • K3260 -- .W36 2012eb
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Contents:
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.
Summary: The United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Council recognised the human right to water in 2010.This book 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.
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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.

The United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Council recognised the human right to water in 2010.This book 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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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