Politicians and diplomats have for many years proclaimed a human right to water as a
solution to the global water crisis, most recently in the 2010 UN General Assembly …

In a short space of time, the right to water has emerged from relative obscurity to claim a
prominent place in human rights theory and practice. This book explores this rise …

While water has been the subject of bilateral and multilateral agreements for millennia, it has
only been considered through the lens of human rights much more recently. The human …

Water is life-giving and non-substitutable. Yet safe water remains inaccessible to millions of
people around the world. Given this, the fundamental importance of ful¼lling people's right …

Water is an indispensable element for life. Social and economic development is closely tied
to water. Poverty is prevalent mostly in areas that face water shortage. Water-related …

Scholarship on the right to water has proliferated in interesting and unexpected ways in
recent years. This book broadens existing discussions on the right to water in order to shed …

This article develops and discusses an altered conceptualization of the human right to water.
Previously the right has been seen as derived from Article 11 of the International Covenant …

The scholarship on the right to water has proliferated in interesting and unexpected ways.
Through highly productive sets of conversations, both discourses and struggles around the …

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 …

Water history reveals millennia-old struggles over the ownership of water, the pollution and
depletion of water sources, and conflicting water uses. What is new is the scale of these …