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Tanzi, Attilla; Farnelli, Gian Maria --- "The UNECE Protocol on Water and Health for the implementation of the right to drinking water and sanitation" [2019] ELECD 77; in McCaffrey, C. Stephen; Leb, Christina; Denoon, T. Riley (eds), "Research Handbook on International Water Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 273

Book Title: Research Handbook on International Water Law

Editor(s): McCaffrey, C. Stephen; Leb, Christina; Denoon, T. Riley

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781785368073

Section: Chapter 16

Section Title: The UNECE Protocol on Water and Health for the implementation of the right to drinking water and sanitation

Author(s): Tanzi, Attilla; Farnelli, Gian Maria

Number of pages: 11

Abstract/Description:

The chapter analyses the 1999 UNECE London Protocol on Water and Health. It argues that the instrument under consideration plays a key role in the consolidation and implementation of the right to access to water as an autonomous human right, even though it was not produced within the context of human rights diplomacy. In providing an overview of the Protocol, the contribution emphasizes the due diligence nature of the relevant substantive obligations and addresses the role of international cooperation in implementing the right in point, despite its primary domestic relevance. The chapter briefly engages in a comparative analysis of the Protocol in relation to other human rights-related instruments. It also illustrates the Protocol’s compliance review mechanism. It concludes with few general considerations on the practical aspects of the implementation and enforcement of the Protocol.