Combat Law : The Human Rights magazine Volume 3, Issue 2: Water justice Soft drinks, hard realities The CSE report into pesticides in soft drinks found high levels in many common brands. The Joint Parliamentary Committee recommended regulations to put adequate safety standards into place. Sanjay Parikh reviews the outcome of a very public effort to protect public health. Making water a human right Miloon Kothari. Water for all: Is privatisation the only solution? Raajen Singh Coca-Cola: The sparkle of death C R Bijoy People's Charter for Water for All Jal ke chal: Woman and water in India Damayanti Bhattacharya National Water Policy 2002 Sanjeev Ghotge Water rights: A legal perspective Mihir Desai Privatisation: The role of World Bank, IMF, and WTO. Privatisation of Sheonath river A K Singh FEATURES Patents: Balancing economics and social justice Ketan Mukhija & Keerthi N Plunder of the public sector Prashant Bhushan Writing disability rights into governance Kalpana Kannabiran Funding court-appointed committees Sukanya Pani High Court on strike? Arunjeev Singh Walia Making private schools affordable Ashok Agarwal Education: A trade, profession, occupation or business? Justice H. Suresh(Retd.) Regaining lost innocence Parul Sharma Beyond the protection of juvenile legislation Maharukh Adenwalia Protect freedom of expression Religion not to be mixed with secularism Another indictment of the Gujarat government