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Publication Title

The Right to Water

Publication Type

Publication of the World Health Organization (WHO), together with OHCHR, COHRE and others.

ISBN 9241590564

Author(s)

WHO

Publication Date

2003

ISBN-ISSN-EAN

Publication URL

http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/rightowater/en/

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Contents

Summary

This publication

i) 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;

ii) Discusses the right to water as a human right, and examines its implications on the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders;

iii) Examines the various communities affecting and being affected by the right to water;

iv) Considers the contribution the right to water can and should make towards making drinking-water a reality for all; and

v) Explores a human rights-based approach to water.

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 Right to water - who 2003.pdf

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