Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Cross-Cutting Observations
- Part II Public Good Rights
- The Right to Water
- 4 Access to Water as a New Right in International, Regional and Comparative Constitutional Law
- 5 Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue
- Rights to Housing and to Land
- The Right to Health
- The Right to a Clean Environment and Rights of the Environment
- Part III Status Rights
- Part IV New Technology Rights
- Part V Autonomy and Integrity Rights
- Part VI Governance Rights
- Index
5 - Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue
Lessons to Be Learned from the Oldest of the ‘New’ Rights – the Human Right to Water
from The Right to Water
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2020
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Cross-Cutting Observations
- Part II Public Good Rights
- The Right to Water
- 4 Access to Water as a New Right in International, Regional and Comparative Constitutional Law
- 5 Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue
- Rights to Housing and to Land
- The Right to Health
- The Right to a Clean Environment and Rights of the Environment
- Part III Status Rights
- Part IV New Technology Rights
- Part V Autonomy and Integrity Rights
- Part VI Governance Rights
- Index
Summary
Water is as old as life. If we believe Genesis 1:1, water is even older than life, older even than day and night. Not quite as old, but still certainly not recent, is the demand that basic human water needs should be reflected in the recognition of a human right to water. It is thus somewhat surprising to find the right to water included in a book that is dedicated to new human rights. Why has it taken so long for the human right to water to be recognised, given that the human need for water is so essential and so old?
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- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human RightsRecognition, Novelty, Rhetoric, pp. 70 - 78Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020