Extraterritorial Application of the Human Right to Water in Africa

Informationen zum Autor 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Takele Soboka Bulto, Takele Soboka Bulto
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107031081
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03108-1
• No. of pages: 326
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Law, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Africa, International Environmental Law, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, International human rights law, Energy and natural resources law