The Extraterritorial Application of the Human Right to Water in Africa

"This book joins the debate (albeit mainly from the perspective of the African human rights system) but, more importantly, goes ahead of the current controversy and analyses the immediate implementation problems triggered by declaration of the right given the shared nature of scarce water resources in regions such as Africa. Unlike or beyond the necessities of implementing other socio-economic rights, the human right to water often depends primarily on a uniquely international resource for its realisation. Of the 54 African states, 51 states are dependent for drinking and sanitation water on international rivers that are shared between/among 2-10 co- riparian states"--

Autorentext

Takele Soboka Bulto is Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of Canberra, where he teaches international human rights law. He is also a Visiting Fellow of the Centre for International Governance and Justice at the Australian National University.

Klappentext

Argues that international human rights and water laws provide legal bases for the right to water and its extraterritorial application.

Zusammenfassung
Takele Soboka Bulto argues that the realisation of the right to water calls for the need to expand relevant states' duties to cover those rights holders situated beyond a state's own territorial jurisdiction who could be affected by that state's domestic actions related to the use of the shared river.

Inhalt

1. Introduction; 2. The human right to water at the global level; 3. The human right to water in the African human rights system; 4. The human right to water and states' domestic obligations; 5. The human right to water and states' extraterritorial obligations; 6. Extraterritoriality of the human right to water in international water law; 7. The human right to water and extraterritorial remedies; 8: Conclusion.