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The human right to water and sanitation

… WCC-2012-Res-098-EN The human right to water and sanitation AWARE that humans depend … bathing, cleaning, cooking and sanitation; RECALLING that human rights are internationally recognized and generally … The human right to water and sanitation …
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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 3.4 Human rights norms … 3.4.1. Human right to water … 3.4.2. Procedural human rights: Rights to access to information, free speech, free assembly, …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… Convention on Climate Change UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme WFD Water Framework Directive WHO … 105 8. Water rights trading … ecosystems and addresses both current but and future human freshwater needs. Costa Rica has mandatory payments for …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… like climate change, droughts and floods as well as with human phenomena like the growing and competing demands on a … extreme poverty by improving health and promoting peace, human rights, gender equality and environmental sustainability. It …
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Global Land Outlook

… 40 4 Convergence of Evidence 52 5 Land Resources and Human Security 78 PART TWO: THE OUTLOOK 104 6 Scenarios of … management, and planning for sustainable development and human security. Finally, this Outlook could not have been … grab large tracts of arable land, usually with water rights and access to transport infrastructure, as a hedge …
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Sources of international water law

… 3.1.3 Declarations of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment - Stockholm, 16 June 1972 … among States without in any way prejudicing their rights of sovereignty or authority, Having accepted the … special regard being given to the requirements of vital human needs. Part III. Planned measures Article 11 …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… water cycle . . . . . . . . 3 1.2.2 Ecosystem services and human well-being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … 1.3.2 Impacts of climate change on ecosystem services and human well-being . . . 13 1.4 Adaptation to Climate Change . … this picture. Sectoral allocation policies, water rights systems, and infrastructure decision-making and …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… levels will be necessary to implement a successful regime. Rights over access to and use of water will need to be accom- … held and managed on behalf of the public to sustain basic human and ecological requirements. In the mountains of … it is accepted that removal of water from the river for human uses, such as public supply, irrigation and industrial …
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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… Changes in groundwater availability and quality impact human health, livelihoods, food security and national … groundwater sustainably puts at risk massive benefits for human well-being, sustainable development and biodi- versity … permitting or licensing used by governments to administer rights to extract groundwater, mechanisms to control …
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The Joensuu negotiation: A mulitlateral simulation exercise: The UN Framework Convention on Transboundary Aquifers

… development insofar as such conflicts ‘pre-empt human resources and wealth that could be used to combat … level of the concept of water security refers to a (human) right to water, to meet individuals’ basic water and … 2005, 97–108; Ed Couzens, ‘Fundamental Environmental Rights’, Review 2004, 199–206; Tuula Kolari, ‘The Principle …
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