The human right to water : legal and policy dimensions / Salman M.A. Salman, Siobhán McInerney-Lankford.

"The Human Right to Water: Legal and Policy Dimensions traces the issue of the right to water through a number of international legal instruments, particularly General Comment No. 15, issued in 2002 by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which recognizes a human right to wate...

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Main Author: Salman, Salman M. A., 1948-
Contributors: McInerney-Lankford, Siobhán Alice, 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. (1818 H St. NW, Wash., DC 20433) : World Bank, ©2004.
Series:Law, justice, and development.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Genesis of the debate on the right to water
  • pt. 2. Evolution of the International Legal Regime for Human Rights
  • pt. 3. General comments issued by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • pt. 4. Legal and policy dimensions of General Comment No. 15
  • App. I. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • App. II. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • App. III. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
  • App. IV. Economic and Social Council Resolution 1985/17 on the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • App. V. General Comment No. 15
  • the right to water.