Towards an international convention on the human right to water assessing recent proposals for a framework convention on the human right to water

dc.contributor.advisorCoomans, Fons
dc.contributor.authorZettel, Maria
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-24T07:01:55Z
dc.date.available2020-06-24T07:01:55Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.descriptionSecond semester University: Maastricht University.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe human rights approach prioritizes the right to water, which is essential for securing social justice, dignity, equality and peace. The present paper argues that despite broad implicit support for access to water in existing human rights instruments, an explicit recognition of the human right to water in an international convention is necessary to effectively convert the moral claim into an enforceable legal right. Such a convention should be based on the standards developed in General Comment 15. The thesis highlights the added value of an international convention on the right to water and evaluates two recent draft proposals for an international instrument which were elaborated by ‘Green Cross International’ and ‘Friends of the Right to Water’ in 2005, assuming a rights-based approach.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11825/1541
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25330/447
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEMA theses 2005/2006;82
dc.subjectcorporate responsibilityen_US
dc.subjectright to wateren_US
dc.subjectsocial responsibilityen_US
dc.subjectwater resourcesen_US
dc.titleTowards an international convention on the human right to water assessing recent proposals for a framework convention on the human right to wateren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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