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The right to water

This publication:

  • Outlines the scope and content of the legal definition of the human right to water and its relationship to other civil, cultural, economic, political, and social rights;
  • Discusses the right to water as a human right, and examines its implications on the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders;
  • Examines the various communities affecting and being affected by the right to water;
  • Considers the contribution the right to water can and should make towards making drinking-water a reality for all;
  • Explores a human rights-based approach to water.
- Download the full pdf document [pdf 607kb]

or download individual chapters as per links below:

- Title page, foreword and table of contents [pdf 81kb]
- Chapter 1 - Water as a human right [pdf 150kb]
- Chapter 2 - General Comment on the Right to Water [pdf 117kb]
- Chapter 3 - Who is affected [pdf 110kb]
- Chapter 4 - Governments responsibilities [pdf 65kb]
- Chapter 5 - Implications for other stake holders [pdf 67kb]
- References and further reading, Acknowledgements [pdf 67kb]