<P> Some experts argue that trade is inherent to human nature and that when governments inhibit international trade they directly inhibit the right to work and the other indirect benefits, like the right to education, that increased work and investment help accrue . Others have argued that the ability to trade does not affect everyone equally--often groups like the rural poor, indigenous groups and women are less likely to access the benefits of increased trade . </P> <P> On the other hand, others think that it is no longer primarily individuals but companies that trade, and therefore it cannot be guaranteed as a human right . Additionally, trying to fit too many concepts under the umbrella of what qualifies as a human right has the potential to dilute their importance . Finally, it is difficult to define a right to trade as either "fair" or "just" in that the current trade regime produces winners and losers but its reform is likely to produce (different) winners and losers . </P> <P> The right to water has been recognised in a wide range of international documents, including treaties, declarations and other standards . For instance, the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) requires State parties to ensure to women the right to "enjoy adequate living conditions, particularly in relation to...water supply". The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) requires States parties to combat disease and malnutrition "through the provision of adequate nutritious foods and clean drinking - water". </P> <P> The most clear definition of the human right to water has been issued by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights . This treaty body interpreting legal obligations of State parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) issued in 2002 a non-binding interpretation affirming that access to water was a condition for the enjoyment of the right to an adequate standard of living and inextricably related to the right to the highest attainable standard of health (see ICESCR Art . 11 & 12) and therefore a human right: </P>

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