Towards a sustainable human right to water : supporting vulnerable people and protecting water resources /

Towards a sustainable human right to water : supporting vulnerable people and protecting water resources /

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Author / Creator:Misiedjan, Daphina, 1987- author.
Imprint:Cambridge ; Antwerp ; Chicago : Intersentia, [2019]
©2019
Description:xxi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Human rights research series ; volume 85
Human rights research series ; v. 85.
Subject:
Right to water -- Developing countries.
Water resources development -- Law and legislation -- Developing countries.
Sustainable development -- Law and legislation -- Developing countries.
Water security -- Developing countries.
Water-supply -- Law and legislation -- Developing countries.
Right to water -- Suriname.
Right to water.
Water resources development.
Water security.
Water-supply.
Developing countries.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11991123
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Other authors / contributors:Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research, issuing body.
ISBN:9781780686127
1780686129
Notes:"Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-260).
Summary:With the present growing water stress, conflicts can rise between sustainability efforts and meeting the water needs of populations. Both developing and developed countries are struggling with finding sustainable solutions to provide access to water for everyone, especially vulnerable groups. The further development of the human right to water may provide for a legal solution when subjecting this right to sustainability requirements. The focus of this study is to further develop the human right to water in such a manner that it will encompass the sustainable enjoyment of the right by vulnerable groups. To explore the topic, classic legal methods are adopted through desk research. Also an assessment framework will be developed and used in case studies. Meaning that with the use of qualitative research methods such as interviews, the interaction between the concepts (vulnerability, sustainability and the human right to water) will be examined. This will shine light on the requirements needed for the sustainable enjoyment of the human right to water by vulnerable groups.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Table of Instruments
  • Chapter 1. General Introduction
  • 1.1. Painting the context
  • 1.2. Research questions
  • 1.3. Introduction: central concepts
  • 1.4. Theoretical framework
  • 1.5. Overview of the methodology
  • 1.5.1. Desk-based research
  • 1.5.2. Qualitative legal empirical research
  • 1.6. Introduction to the case study
  • 1.6.1. Suriname
  • 1.7. Significance of the research
  • 1.8. Scope and outline of the research
  • Chapter 2. Water and Vulnerable Groups. Contextualising Vulnerability and Identifying Vulnerable Groups in Relation to the Human Right to Water
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. The lack of a clear definition of vulnerable groups in human rights law
  • 2.3. Vulnerability in relation to the human right to water
  • 2.4. Defining vulnerable groups for this study
  • 2.5. Obligations and consequences related to the designation of vulnerability
  • 2.6. Protection of water access for particular vulnerable groups
  • 2.6.1. 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
  • 2.6.2. 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • 2.6.3. 2006 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • 2.6.4. Indigenous peoples
  • 2.6.5. Future generations
  • 2.7. Conclusion
  • Chapter 3. The Human Right to Water in International Human Rights Law
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Emergence of the human right to water
  • 3.3. Legal foundations of the human right to water
  • 3.3.1. Legal foundations of the human right to water in the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
  • 3.3.2. Legal foundations of the human right to water in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
  • 3.3.3. Legal foundations of the human right to water within customary law
  • 3.3.3.1. State practice
  • 3.3.3.2. Opinions
  • 3.3.4. The human right to water as a general principle of international law
  • 3.4. The normative content of the human right to water
  • 3.4.1. Introduction
  • 3.4.2. Personal and domestic uses
  • 3.4.3. Availability, quality and accessibility
  • 3.5. State obligations regarding the human right to water
  • 3.5.1. Core content
  • 3.5.2. Progressive realisation
  • 3.5.3. Obligation to respect, protect and fulfil
  • 3.5.4. Non-discrimination
  • 3.6. Justiciability of the human right to water
  • 3.7. Conclusion
  • Chapter 4. Sustainability in the Context of Water
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Genesis and development of sustainability and sustainable development in international law and policy
  • 4.3. Legal status and enforcement of sustainable development
  • 4.4. International norms influencing sustainability relating to national freshwater resources
  • 4.5. Principles of sustainable development
  • 4.6. Conclusion
  • Chapter 5. Enhancing the Human Right to Water. Finding Inspiration from the Concept of Sustainable Development
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. The evolving relationship between the human right to water and sustainable development
  • 5.3. Overlaps, differences and tensions
  • 5.4. The outer boundaries of the human right to water
  • 5.4.1. International cooperation and common but differentiated responsibilities
  • 5.4.2. Priority of use
  • 5.4.3. Reallocation and allocation measures
  • 5.5. The inner circle: using sustainable development to interpret the core of the human right to water
  • 5.5.1. Substantive elements
  • 5.5.1.1. Progressive realisation of the human right to water and core obligations
  • 5.5.1.2. The obligation to take steps to continuously improve conditions
  • 5.5.1.3. Maximum available resources
  • 5.5.1.4. The obligation to abstain from taking deliberately retrogressive measures except under specific circumstances
  • 5.5.1.5. Relating the minimum core obligations of the human right to water to sustainability
  • 5.5.2. Procedural rights: aligning the human right to water and sustainable development
  • 5.5.3. Information
  • 5.5.4. Participation
  • 5.5.5. Remedy
  • 5.6. Conclusion
  • Chapter 6. Ten Building Blocks for a Sustainable Human Right to Water. An Integrated Method to Assess Vulnerable Groups' Sustainable Access to Water for Domestic Purposes
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Introduction to the assessment method
  • 6.3. The building blocks of the assessment method
  • 6.4. Conclusion
  • Chapter 7. Suriname
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Background to Suriname
  • 7.2.1. The situation of the human right to water in Suriname
  • 7.3. Methodology and limitations
  • 7.4. Introduction to the case studies
  • 7.4.1. Paramaribo: Realising sustainable access to water for domestic purposes for poor and unserved communities
  • 7.4.2. Brokopondo: Mining as a major threat to access to water for domestic purposes in the Interior
  • 7.4.3. Justification for case studies
  • 7.5. Application of the Ten Building Blocks Framework
  • 7.5.1. Building block 1: Water system knowledge
  • 7.5.2. Building block 2: Responsibility, authority and capacity
  • 7.5.3. Building block 3: Stakeholder participation
  • 7.5.4. Building block 4: Values, principles and policy discourses
  • 7.5.5. Building block 5: Regulations and agreements
  • 7.5.6. Building block 6: Trade-offs between social objectives
  • 7.5.7. Building block 7: Financial arrangements
  • 7.5.8. Building block 8: Engineering and monitoring
  • 7.5.9. Enforcement
  • 7.5.10. Building block 10: Conflict prevention and resolution
  • 7.6. Recommendations
  • 7.7. Conclusion
  • Chapter 8. Conclusions
  • 8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. Widening the scope of vulnerability
  • 8.3. Developing the human right to water within the context of deteriorating water resources
  • 8.4. Sustainable development
  • 8.5. Constructing a sustainable human right to water
  • 8.6. Cross-cutting theme needs a multidisciplinary approach
  • 8.7. Suriname
  • 8.8. Final conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix

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