Detail Hydrosolidarity: An eco-ethics perspective on the right to water   Oleh:  Widianarko, Budi Jenis: Article from Proceeding Dalam koleksi: 2nd International Conference on Environment and Urban Management : Indonesia ( Soegijapranata Catholic University, Semarang, 2-3 August 2006 ), page RtW-7. Fulltext: 070 RtW 7 B Widianarko.pdf (56.28KB) Isi artikel The notion that the right to access sufficient water is a human right is by no means novel. The right to water has been explicitly recognized in a number of legally binding treaties. The right to water is also an integral part of other human rights, such as right to life contained in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) and in the rights to health, food, housing and an adequate standard of living included in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966). Moreover, there is explicit reference to the right to water in two major international human right treaties: the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW, 1979) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). Although the human right to water has actually been recognized for quite sometime, it only started to take its course in the debate of water very recently. It is not a mere coincidence if in 2002 the United Nations released The General Comment on the Right to Water (2002) by UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Right which states that the human right to water entitles everyone to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic uses. The present paper will discuss the need for incorporating an eco-ethics perspective in the implementation of the human right to water in Indonesia. Quoting Rigoberta Menchu, nothing is larger than life coexistence; and water is the core element of it - not only among human but also between human and other living beings in this planet. If coexistence is the most important aspect of life, it is imperative to promote the value of solidarity. Hydrosolidarity is, thus, has a meaning far beyond the technical term of Water Allocation. Hydrosolidarity holds spiritual and ethical values which denies the full ownership of water – one of the earth’s common resources - by any living being or any human individual. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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