New publication - The rights to water and sanitation and the UNDROP

Our colleagues Mara Tignino and Tadesse Kebebew just published a new book chapter:

The rights to water and sanitation and the UNDROP. The implementation challenges of a comprehensive approach

The right to water has been traditionally understood as the right to access water of good quality for domestic and personal purposes. While this understanding may well reflect the challenges of individuals leaving and working in urban settings, it falls short of addressing the needs of rural workers and communities. Indeed, one of the main contributions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP) with respect to the right to water is to broaden the notion and the contents of the right to water so as to include water uses for food production, especially farming, fishing, and livestock. Furthermore, in tune with recent developments on the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, the UNDROP draws special attention to the duty of states to ensure the conservation and restoration of water resources.

Mara Tignino, Tadesse Kebebew, Francesca Restifo, « The rights to water and sanitation and the UNDROP : the implementation challenges of a comprehensive approach » in Mariagrazia Alabrese, Adriana Bessa, Margherita Brunori, Pier Filippo Giuggioli (eds.), The United Nations' Declaration on Peasants' Rights, Routledge. 2022, p. 106-118.