Water Rights in a Lawless Land: Palestinians' Right to Water in the West Bank

Abstract

This paper endeavors to determine what Palestinians' water rights are in the West Bank. After finding that the law governing the resource, in this case ground water accessed through springs, is inadequate to provide a right, I argue that a human right to water exists, is applicable in this context, and is violated. This paper seeks only to establish that the right exists. Enforcement of that right is another question that I aim to address in the Fall of 2012 with another paper.