Revisiting the human right to water in contemporary international law
Saad Abbas Kadhim Alsaadi1, Rasyikah Md Khalid2, Wan Siti Adibah Wan Dahalan3.
The right to water has passed through many steps until it has
received a full legal adoption in the international human rights
law and international water law. However, there are many parties
which feel that the right to water should not stand on its own as it
complicates the present legal framework for international human
rights. This paper examined, based on qualitative research approach,
several impediments in legislating water as a human right within the
purview of relevant international human rights conventions, taking
into account the United Nations (UN) Agenda 2030 for Sustainable
Development Goals No. 3: Good Health and Well-being and Goal
No. 6: Clean Water and Sanitation. The study indicates that human
rights notions have been gaining influential rule in international
water law, notably human right to water, which has been recognized
by the UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council (HRC).
This study however concludes that despite efforts to deny the legal
basis of the right to water as one of the soft law, this right remains as
a basic human right and should be respected by all countries.
Affiliation:
- Iraq, Iraq
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
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