The Right(s) to Water The Multi-Level Governance of a Unique Human Right /

• Main Author: Thielbörger, Pierre (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Law.; Environmental management.; Political science.; Human rights.; International environmental law.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Development economics.; Human Rights.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; International Environmental Law.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Political Science.; Development Economics.

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 the UN General Assembly Resolution “The human right to water and sanitation”. To what extent, however, can a right to water legally and philosophically...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Current Legal Status of the Right to Water
• Philosophical and Conceptual Approaches to a Human Right to Water
• Implementation of the Right: Independent Monitoring, Enforcement against the Private Sector, and International Realization
• Conclusion.