The human right to access to drinking water: some considerations about its compliance in Mexico

The guarantee of the human right to access to potable water implies, beyond its positivation, an ethical aspect in the political and social will for its fulfillment. The lack of this element is manifested, as in the case of Mexico, in various economic, social and legal circumstances that represent u...

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Main Authors: Rogelio Barba Álvarez, Irma Salas Benítez
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad La Gran Colombia 2017-08-01
Series:Inciso
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Online Access:http://revistas.ugca.edu.co/index.php/inciso/article/view/755
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Summary:The guarantee of the human right to access to potable water implies, beyond its positivation, an ethical aspect in the political and social will for its fulfillment. The lack of this element is manifested, as in the case of Mexico, in various economic, social and legal circumstances that represent unfavorable contexts for the realization of the right. The present document contains an approximation to these situations and their consequent affectations, both quantitative and qualitative, to the population in the exercise of the human right to access to drinking water, and those related to it.
ISSN:1794-1598
2346-0792