A woman has lost a court battle after she claimed that "water is a natural resource and a universal human right" having been refused a glass of tap water by the Hotel Sassongher in Corvara

Woman argued water was a ‘universal human right’ but court found no law in Italy obliged hoteliers to serve it from taps

De toerist stelde dat water een universeel mensenrecht is.

A woman has lost a lengthy and 'emotionally distressful' court battle after a five star hotel in Italy refused to serve her tap water.

The woman argued she was owed compensation after she was only offered £6 bottled water

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A woman has lost a court battle after she claimed that "water is a natural resource and a universal human right" having been refused a glass of tap water by the Hotel Sassongher…