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WaterLaw

Who has a right to water, and who may use it?

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Water rights and allocation, transboundary watercourses and access to safe water.

Treaties

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Treaties Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses Equitable and reasonable use of shared watercourses. Treaties Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes Prevention of transboundary water impacts and cooperation. Treaties International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Work, social security, an adequate standard of living, health and education.

Rights

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Rights Right to safe drinking water and sanitation Recognised by the UN General Assembly as a human right essential to the full enjoyment of life and all human rights (resolution 64/292, 2010). UNGA res. 64/292 Pending review

Statistics

LawStats Health, Water & Environment 5 of 5 indicators have data

Recent events

  1. UN Watercourses Convention entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  2. Water Convention entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  3. ICESCR entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗

Areas of law

Water Law Natural Resources Law Find a lawyer: Water Law Find a lawyer: Natural Resources Law

What we do not have yet

  • No legislation in the corpus is tagged with this domain's concepts yet.
  • No court decisions in the corpus are tagged with this domain's concepts yet.

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Sources WHO/UNICEF JMP via World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0)UN Watercourses Convention (1997)