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Why busy with the right to water instead of 'governance'?

Right to water skeptics normally pose this typical question: Why the right to water instead of governance?

Here's a short answer: you can't go to the court asking for good governance.

Illustration:

If you are disconnected from the services, you can't say to the judge:

"For the sake of good governance, please, reconnect me to the network."

compare with this statement:

"There is a human right to water in the constitution, I should, at least be permitted to pay in arrears, the disconnection is illegal."
 
Put it simply, the right to water creates rights and obligations. It can even create obligation for a good water governance. Remember, governance does not stand by itself. One of the indicator is the rule of law.

Full post as published by Indonesian Law Reporter (ILR) on April 03, 2010 (boomark / email).