Water as a human right for the Middle East and North Africa
edited by Asit K. Biswas, Eglal Rached and Cecilia Tortajada.
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : : Routledge, , 2008.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (202 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Foreword; 1 Water as a Human Right in the MENA Region: Challenges and Opportunities; 2 Human Rights to Water in North Africa and the Middle East: What is New and What is Not; What is Important and What is Not; 3 Right to Water: The Millennium Development Goals and Water in the MENA Region; 4 The Right to Water; 5 Water as a Human Right: The Palestinian Occupied Territories as an Example; 6 Water as a Human Right: The Understanding of Water Rights in Palestine; 7 Water as a Human Right: Towards Civil Society Globalization. - 8 Actualizing the Right to Water: An Egyptian Perspective for an Action Plan 9 Accountability and Rights in Right-based Approaches for Local Water Governance; 10 Towards a Human Rights Approach to Water in Lebanon: Implementation beyond 'Reform'; Index. - Access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation is essential for human survival and for maintenance of a decent quality of life. Currently, more than a billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and more than 2 billion people lack proper sanitation. In 1992, the United Nations proclaimed that water should be considered to be a human right. This position, however, has not been accepted by many developed and developing countries. This book systematically and comprehensively analyses the legal development of the concept of water as a human right:. Implications for national
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| Emner | Human rights - Middle East.
Water rights - Middle East. vannressurser rettigheter menneskerettigheter nord-afrikamidt-østen |
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| ISBN | 0415445841. - 0415461359. - 9780415445849. - 9780415461351
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