Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to isolate water-related rights as well as water protection-relevant provisions in constitutions of the 15 SADC member states (as well as Kenya), to explain each briefly, to group the states according to whether they provide a right at all or not, and to ascertain the type of right if there is a right. This chapter will draw a preliminary map of the constitutional protection of water-related rights in SADC states; emphasise strengths and weaknesses of the different approaches taken; and make suggestions for further research necessary for a better understanding and, arguably, more efficient protection of water-related rights in SADC states.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Water Resource Management and the Law |
| Editors | Erkki J. Hollo |
| Place of Publication | U.K. |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Pages | 68-97 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781785369834 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781785369827 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- South Africa. Constitutional Court
- human rights
- law and legislation
- water
- water rights
- water-supply