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Title: | The Human Right to Water and the Responsibility to Protect |
Authors: | Devlaeminck, David |
Advisor: | Igneski, Violetta Adeel, Zafar Doubleday, Nancy |
Department: | Philosophy |
Keywords: | human rights;water;humanitarian intervention;Responsibility to Protect;R2P;Ethics and Political Philosophy;Human Rights Law;International Law;International Relations;Ethics and Political Philosophy |
Publication Date: | Oct-2013 |
Abstract: | <p>In this thesis I argue that it is an implication of the acceptance of the human right to water and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) that violations of the human right to water can invoke the Responsibility to Protect. Extreme violations of the right to water can invoke the responsibility to react, and ultimately the responsibility to prevent and rebuild. Although this is the case, I argue that the human right to water is unlikely to invoke R2P on its own. Instead, water issues are more likely to compound with issues of poverty, weak political institutions, poor leadership and social tension to create situations that have the potential for mass atrocity. Furthermore, I provide an analysis of the actions that will need to be taken before, during and after an intervention to fulfill the responsibilities to prevent, react and rebuild and the actors that can and/or should take such action.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/13519 |
Identifier: | opendissertations/8352 9376 4617241 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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