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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464353003321

Autore

Bulto Takele Soboka <1974->

Titolo

The extraterritorial application of the human right to water in Africa / / Takele Soboka Bulto [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-139-89229-0

1-107-50221-7

1-107-50086-9

1-107-50629-8

1-107-51392-8

1-107-49671-3

1-107-51671-4

1-107-50363-9

1-139-38121-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

346.604/32

Soggetti

Right to water - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The human right to water at the global level -- The human right to water in the African human rights system -- The human right to water and states' domestic obligations -- The human right to water and states' extraterritorial obligations -- Extraterritoriality of the human right to water in international water law -- The human right to water and extraterritorial remedies -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

International human rights law has only recently concerned itself with water. Instead, international water law has regulated the use of shared rivers, and only states qua states could claim rights and bear duties towards each other. International human rights law has focused on its principal mission of taming the powers of a state acting territorially. Takele Soboka Bulto challenges the established analytic boundaries of international water law and international human rights law. By demonstrating the potential complementarity between the two legal



regimes and the ensuing utility of regime coordination for the establishment of the human right to water and its extraterritorial application, he also shows that human rights law and the international law of watercourses can apply in tandem with the purpose of protecting non-national non-residents in Africa and beyond.