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The Human Right to Water and the Law of Transboundary Aquifers in Latin America: Synergies of the Guarani Aquifer Agreement and the Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Amael Notini Moreira Bahia Universidade

IWRA 2020 Online Conference - Addressing Groundwater Resilience under Climate Change
THEME 4. Groundwater Governance, Management and Policy
Author(s): Amael Notini Moreira Bahia

Amael Notini Moreira Bahia
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
E-mail address: amaelnotini@hotmail.com



Keyword(s): human right to water and law, transboundary aquifer
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Abstract

In the imminence of the entry into force of the Guarani Aquifer Agreement, many questions arise as to its implications to the management of the Guarani Aquifer. This research aims to analyze the human right to water, with special consideration of the jurisprudence of the Inter-
American Court of Human Rights, in order to verify its impacts on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers and on the Guarani Aquifer Agreement. The main issue discussed is the legal interaction of the obligations that arise from the human right to water and the legal parameters
that must be complied with in the management of the Guarani Aquifer.

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