Defending the Human Right to Water: Grassroots Activist Methods in Detroit’s Fight for Livability, Dignity, and Recognition
Journal: Deep Blue (University of Michigan)
Year: 2023

This thesis makes the connection between international human rights mechanisms and local activism in Detroit upholding those rights, particularly the human right to water. It asks how are human rights upheld on a local level, and what methods do activists in Detroit use to uphold the human right to water? This paper argues that the human right to water is upheld in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International