industrial water | process water

water for industrial use

abuse of rights

human right to water [ right to water ]

abuse of intellectual property rights

Stresses that the right to water goes hand in hand with the right to food, and that the UN resolution of 2010 has not yet resulted in decisive action to establish the right to water as a human right; calls on the EU to consider the proposal of the Italian Committee for a World Water Contract (CICMA) for an optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

2. Recognises the international human right to water and sanitation as a basic human right, as reaffirmed in UN General Assembly resolution 64/292; believes that the right to water should guarantee everyone sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic use, in a fair and equal manner; urges the Commission to engage in the Sustainable Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda process with a view to ensuring that future goals and targets are rights-sensitive, including in respect of the right to water;

15. Recalls that the UN affirms that the human right to water and sanitation entitles everyone to water for personal and domestic uses which is of good quality, safe, physically accessible, affordable, sufficient and acceptable; points out that in accordance with a further UN recommendation, 3 % of household income should be seen as a maximum for water payments where payments apply;

15. Recalls that the UN affirms that the human right to water and sanitation entitles everyone to water for personal and domestic uses which is of good quality, safe, physically accessible, affordable, sufficient and acceptable; points out that in accordance with a further UN recommendation, 3 % of household income should be seen as a maximum for water payments where payments apply;