CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Ramabolu, Thuso Joel |
|---|---|
| Title | Right to Water as an Emerging Human Right: The Legal Ramifications |
| Summary | This thesis confronts the implications of recognizing a right to water as a legally binding human right both under international law and the national law from selected countries. It analyses the evolution of an independent human right under the international soft law and unpacks the content as authorized by General Comment 15. The thesis here advances an argument that access to water is a human right and that the international consensus for its recognition and national judicial enforcement should be used to protect the plight of the most vulnerable groups of the society. Therefore the current non-recognition of a legally binding human right to water should not be used as an excuse to avoid accountability as far as provision of water to the poor is concerned. More particularly, the thesis concludes by the general observations from country perspectives and to what extent can the international legal framework be useful for the operationalization of the right to water at the national level. The countries to be examined are South Africa, India and Botswana accordingly. |
| Supervisor | Professor Uitz, Renata |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/ramabolu_thuso.pdf |
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