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		What is a General Comment?

		Summary of General Comment No. 15

			Part I: Introduction

			Part II: Normative content of the Right to Water

			Part III: States Parties’ obligations

			Part IV: Violations

			Part V: Implementation at the national level

			Part VI: Obligations of actors other than states

		Status of the General Comment

Summary of General Comment No. 15

General Comment No. 15 on the Right to Water was adopted by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at its twenty-ninth session in November 2002 (UN Doc. E/C.12/2002/11). The Comment provides guidelines for States Parties on the interpretation of the right to water under two articles of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - Article 11 (the right to an adequate standard of living) and Article 12 (the right to health).

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