Exploring the Road to Justiciability of the Human Right to Water in Suriname
In Suriname, the national percentage of population with access to safe drinking water is 72.6 percent and shows that even though Suriname has great wealth in water resources, not everyone is benefiting from it. From a human rights perspective, states carry the responsibility for realizing the human...
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Utrecht University School of Law
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| description | In Suriname, the national percentage of population with access to safe drinking water is 72.6 percent and shows that even though Suriname has great wealth in water resources, not everyone is benefiting from it. From a human rights perspective, states carry the responsibility for realizing the human right to water and follow the authoritative interpretation by ensuring that everyone has ‘sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic purposes.’ The Court can also play a significant role when individuals and communities can rely on the human right to water in Court. This article explores the avenues for establishing a justiciable human right to water and explains the challenges the judicial system in Suriname might encounter in doing so. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4684d4b1cacc4ea0b62df26ba8b0e2162022-12-21T20:47:45ZengUtrecht University School of LawUtrecht Law Review1871-515X2020-10-0116210.36633/ulr.570424Exploring the Road to Justiciability of the Human Right to Water in SurinameDaphina Misiedjan0Assistant professor, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, The HagueIn Suriname, the national percentage of population with access to safe drinking water is 72.6 percent and shows that even though Suriname has great wealth in water resources, not everyone is benefiting from it. From a human rights perspective, states carry the responsibility for realizing the human right to water and follow the authoritative interpretation by ensuring that everyone has ‘sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic purposes.’ The Court can also play a significant role when individuals and communities can rely on the human right to water in Court. This article explores the avenues for establishing a justiciable human right to water and explains the challenges the judicial system in Suriname might encounter in doing so.https://www.utrechtlawreview.org/articles/570waterjusticiabilityhuman rightscourt |
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| title | Exploring the Road to Justiciability of the Human Right to Water in Suriname |
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