Abstract

IBANEZ, Óscar  and  LAZO, Jesús. Human right to water for excluded in Juarez and Guachochi, Chihuahua. Tecnol. cienc. agua [online]. 2018, vol.9, n.4, pp.75-109.  Epub Nov 24, 2020. ISSN 2007-2422.  https://doi.org/10.24850/j-tyca-2018-04-04.

A vast number of Mexican citizens lack drinking water infrastructure and are excluded from discussion regarding the human right to water and alternatives for that right to be effective. Current water public policies foresee that those who are excluded from drinking water infrastructure will remain in this situation over the following years. Compliance with the human right to water should consider the different worldviews existing in Mexico. Also, the law needs to clarify the ambivalent role of citizens as active subjects claiming the human right to water and as active subjects providing for themselves the right to water. This article discusses a comparative analysis of an urban and a rural case, with emphasis on citizens in the state of Chihuahua who are excluded from drinking water infrastructure.

Keywords : Human right to water; public policies; Sierra Tarahumara; excluded.

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