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Summary of speech by The Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden: Grotius Lecture - Water for all?



Few things are more fundamental to human life than water. Yet, according to the UN, there is a risk that within thirty years one in four people will live in a country affected by chronic or recurring shortages of fresh water. With continuing industrialisation and climate change, we now need a principle of law that entitles everyone to a minimum amount of safe water for drinking, sanitation and growing food.

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