Central Bank of Nigeria Library

The human right to water :

Salman, Salman M. A.,

The human right to water : legal and policy dimensions / - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2004. - xiii, 180 p. ; - Law, justice, and development .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [91]-98) and index.

Traces the issue of the right to water through a number of international legal instruments, particularly General Comment No. 15, issued in 2002 by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which recognizes a human right to water. It analyzes the international legal regime for human rights and argues that the development-water-human rights nexus is rapidly evolving.

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Water rights.
Human rights.
Right to water.

K3260 / .S25 2004

341.4'8 / SAL