The right to clean water has been adopted by the United Nations as a basic human right. Yet
how such universal calls for a right to water are understood, negotiated, experienced and …

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 …

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 …

This Advanced Review analyzes recent debates over the human right to water. While
accepting critiques from scholars that the right to water risks entrenching unequal and unjust …

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 …

This paper rereads debates over water security and insecurity through the tools of critical
geographical scholarship. It seeks to demonstrate the value of such a critical perspective in …

Water justice is becoming an ever-more pressing issue in times of increasing water-based
inequalities and discrimination. Megacities, mining, forestry, industry and agribusiness claim …

In spite of its official recognition by the United Nations in 2010, the human right to water
remains a contested notion as illustrated by three main debates:(a) the definition of its …

In recent years, significant debate has taken place around the concept of the “human right to
water”. In this paper, we seek to respond to recent critiques and clarify the terms of the …

•> Table of contents: Acknowledgements IV Acronyms V Summary VI Introduction 1 What is
the issue? 3 The scope of the right to water 4 Is the right to water a legally protected right? 6 …