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Human R ght to Water

Human R ght to Water. Benjamin Mason Meier, JD, LLM, PhD Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill American Public Health Association Annual Meeting November 9, 2009. International Law. Human Rights. Health & Human Rights. Public Health.

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Human R ght to Water

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  1. Human R ght to Water

    Benjamin Mason Meier, JD, LLM, PhD Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill American Public Health Association Annual Meeting November 9, 2009
  2. International Law Human Rights Health & Human Rights Public Health
  3. Human Right = Valid claim & Corresponding duty ("X has a right against Y in relation to Z“) Rights holder Duty bearer E.g.: “A child has a valid claim to a right to water, which is realized through the duties of the national government to provide water systems.” Goals – (1)Define duty-bearers and rights-holders, (2) Impose legal obligations on duty-bearers, (3) Inform rights-holders of their rights and how these rights can be claimed and enforced

    Human Rights-Based Approach

    Programs to Realize Rights Demand of Rights
  4. Health & Human Rights Human Rights Matter Human Rights Evolve Evolution of Rights in International Law Health Promotion and Disease Prevention through the Right to Water Human Rights International Law Health & Human Rights Public Health The Health & Human Rights Movement
  5. The Human Right to Water Universal Declaration of Human Rights Mar del Plata Conference Convention on the Rights of the Child Earth Summit Millennium Development Goals General Comment 15 1945 1965 1985 2005 MDGs for Health
  6. General Comment No.15 provides guidelines for States Parties on the interpretation of the rights to water States’ Obligations: (1) respect(2) protect(3) fulfil a. facilitation b. promotion c. provision The adequacy of water, although variable, is determined in all circumstances by: Availability Quality Accessibility Physical accessibility Economic accessibility Non-discrimination Information accessibility States at the very least are obligated to provide minimum essential levels of the right to water
  7. Application of the Right to Water Jocelyn E. Getgen, JD, MPH (Cornell Law School) Water Wars to Water Rights: the Evolution of the Right to Water as a Public Health IssueLindsay F. Wiley, JD, MPH (Georgetown Law Center)   Climate Change and the Right to Water Dhrubajyoti Bhattacharya, JD, MPH, LLM & Nadia Ali, BA (Southern Illinois University School of Medicine) The Right to Water, Co-Morbidities, and Social Determinants of Health Nina Miller, PhD (Water for People)   Human Rights and Development Tools: Perspectives From the Field
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