The right to water - a matter of course for some, a matter of life or death for others
Even to people familiar with legal issues the notion of the right to water poses a rather abstract idea. Some may try to associate it with problems related, for instance, to property law, however, few people at least at the first moment understand it as the right to a substance that conditions human life, i.e. to water needed for personal and domestic uses including drinking water. Until very recently, I have been one of those people who take presence of water in their taps almost for granted. Now, my attitude to the right to water has changed, but still I think that it is a great privilege for most people from Western societies that they do not need to worry whether they will have something to drink or to wash they clothes in. However, for millions of people this simple fact has an absolutely different dimension. For them, it may be a matter of survival.