Parallel claims for the human right to water

Marek Szilvasi analyses the case study of Slovenia, the first European Union country, which recognised the right to water in its Constitution while also the first country sued at the European Court of Human Rights for failing to secure access to water to their citizens of Roma origins. Szilvasi argues that despite the progressive legal framework and social movements claiming the human right to water, the concerns of Roma in Europe are often neglected not only by the private and public water suppliers, but also by water social movements, as Roma have to make parallel claims on the access to water.