Abstract
In Suriname, the national percentage of population with access to safe drinking water is 72.6 percent and shows that even though Suriname has great wealth in water resources, not everyone is benefiting from it. From a human rights perspective, states carry the responsibility for realizing the human right to water and follow the authoritative interpretation by ensuring that everyone has ‘sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic purposes.’ The Court can also play a significant role when individuals and communities can rely on the human right to water in Court. This article explores the avenues for establishing a justiciable human right to water and explains the challenges the judicial system in Suriname might encounter in doing so.
Highlights
Suriname is a small sovereign state in South America with great wealth in natural resources such as soil, timber, water, oil and mineral ores
Even though Suriname has an abundance of water resources, a significant portion of the population does not have access to safe drinking water for personal and domestic purposes
The justiciability of economic, social and cultural rights is under development within national and international law providing them with similar enforcement to civil and political rights
Summary
Suriname is a small sovereign state in South America with great wealth in natural resources such as soil, timber, water, oil and mineral ores. The highest percentage of population with access live in the urban areas reaching between 85–90 percent,[2] followed by the rural area with 66.6 percent and lastly the interior with just 20 percent.[3,4] Those who do not have access to safe drinking water, find other means to meet their needs. After this the justiciability of the human right to water in the Surinamese context will be analysed exploring the relevant provisions at international, regional and national level. This part explores the manner in which other states have dealt with the same subject.
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