Dreptul la apă – un nou drept fundamental al omului

Abstract

The author establishes the concept of water as a common asset of man and all living. In order to protect this asset the resource management system must consider, firstly, rational use and, secondly, the repel of all forms of pollution, which in turn would guarantee, in the long run, access to safe drinking water, a source of humanity and dignity. An important step in the materialization of the right to water in the Republic of Moldova is the recognition of the right by means of constitutional review and subsequently the implementation of it. As the author envisions, the constitutionalization of the right to water would guarantee enforcement in subordinate legislation. The constitutional acknowledgement and guarantee of the right to water retains a series of beneficial consequences for society: reinforcement of state liabilities to protect water resources, insurance of efficient protection of the subjective rights related to water, creation of a durable legal framework that will sanction through means of law the prejudice done to water resources.