Resumen

VALDES DE HOYOS, Elena Isabel Patricia  y  URIBE ARZATE, Enrique. The human right to water. A matter of interpretation or recognition. Cuest. Const. [online]. 2016, n.34, pp.3-25. ISSN 1405-9193.

The purpose of the present article is to establish an approach to the recognition of the water human right in international instruments. It begins with a conceptual clarification of human rights and continues with the analysis of this right genesis. The text continues analyzing the progress this right has had in different documents until finding those that contain it, but do not have the required importance to recognize it. Finally, it finishes with the analysis of the documents that include this right.

However, such recognition has encountered interpretation issues, the debate focuses on the importance of the water right recognition and its effects regarding satisfaction and guarantee. So, it is necessary to determine whether this right is fully recognized or it is a right of a non-binding document.

Palabras llave : human rights; human right to water; recognition of the human right to water.

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