Reconciling Decentralization
The Human Right to Water, India’s Yamuna River, and the Challenge of Transboundary Governance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12930274 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer S Schiff (0000-0001-7960-4138, Western Carolina University, corresponding author), Jennifer Schiff (Political Science and Public Affairs at Western Carolina University, United States) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 406-422 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Rights Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-9619 • E-ISSN: 1757-9627 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jhuman/huy024 |
| OpenAlex | W2914690542 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
Clean freshwater access is a concern that is global in scope. The international community has codified the human right to water within a number of legal agreements and regimes, but the right remains sparsely implemented within states. With this in mind, this article examines the case of the Yamuna River, one of India’s most polluted waterways, and asks if the Indian government maintains the capacity to abide by the international water rights policy to which it has tacitly agreed. The Yamuna, often referred to as a ‘dead’ river due to its high levels of pollution, provides a fitting framework for exploring whether there are institutionalized limits on development that prevent stakeholders from complying with their human rights commitments. The findings of this analysis suggest that, in this case, the Indian government struggles to reconcile the competing interests presented by the need for a centralized human rights compliance mechanism and the Indian state’s own constitutional commitment to decentralized grassroots-driven environmental policy. Ultimately, this case informs the literatures on human rights compliance and environmental governance by suggesting that, in certain contexts, the development of a centralized coordinating policy body may serve as a necessary condition to enhance the synergy between rights compliance and political decentralization
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |