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International Law

Abstract

Water is the most essential requirement for the existence and survival of life. For a better quality of life, adequate water security is required, which means availability and access to clean drinking water, hygienic sanitation, and better quality of health standards. Nonetheless, the scarcity of water, pollution in fresh watercourses, transboundary water conflicts among states, inadequate availability of safe water, mismanagement of river basins, etc. threaten water security. To mitigate the threats, the sources of international water law, i.e., the Berlin Rules, the UN Watercourses Convention, and the 1992 UNECE Convention, endorse the establishment of cooperation among riparian states and the implementation of schemes entailing sustainable integrated management of watercourses. In addition, a number of international conferences and agencies such as the United Nations Development Programme have also provided numerous recommendations for realizing sustainable water security at the global and regional levels. International human rights law has endorsed the universal human right to water; therefore, states are required to follow the recommendations of the international water law regimes and implement sustainable water security schemes to ensure adequate water security for their people.

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