Cambridge University Press The Extraterritorial Application of the Human Right to Water in Africa

International human rights law has only recently concerned itself with water. Instead, international water law has regulated the use of shared rivers, and only states qua states could claim rights and bear duties towards each other. International human rights law has focused on its principal mission of taming the powers of a state acting territorially. Takele Soboka Bulto challenges the established analytic boundaries of international water law and international human rights law. By demonstrating the potential complementarity between the two legal regimes and the ensuing utility of regime coordination for the establishment of the human right to water and its extraterritorial application, he also shows that human rights law and the international law of watercourses can apply in tandem with the purpose of protecting non-national non-residents in Africa and beyond. Book Description Argues that international human rights and water laws provide legal bases for the right to water and its extraterritorial application. About the Author Takele Soboka Bulto is Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of Canberra, where he teaches international human rights law. He is also a Visiting Fellow of the Centre for International Governance and Justice at the Australian National University.