Full Description
The issues surrounding water embody some of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. The editors of this timely book have brought together the leading authors in the field to explore the key questions involving international law and water governance.International Law and Freshwater connects recent legal developments through the breadth and synergies of a multidisciplinary analysis. It addresses such critical issues as water security, the right to water, international cooperation and dispute resolution, State succession to transboundary watercourse treaties, and facets of international economic law, including trade in 'virtual water' and the impacts of 'land grabs'.
Containing detailed analysis and thought-provoking solutions, this book will appeal to researchers and academics working in the legal field, as well as international relations and natural sciences. Water practitioners, public officials, diplomats and students will also find much to interest them in this insightful study.
Contributors: A.S. Al-Khasawneh, U. Alam, L. Boisson de Chazournes, L. Caflisch, M. Claassen, C. de Albuquerque, G. de los Cobos, L. del Castillo-Laborde, D. Garrick, J. Granit, D. Grey, E. Hey, V. Hughes, M. Kohen, C. Leb, G. Marceau, M.M. Mbengue, S.C. McCaffrey, O. McIntyre, S.M.A. Salman, D. Shelton, A. Tanzi, M. Tignino, B.A. Yimer
Contents
Contents:
Foreword
1. Introduction
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Christina Leb and Mara Tignino
2. The Law of International Watercourses: Achievements and Challenges
Lucius Caflisch
PART I: WATER AS A VITAL RESOURCE FOR STATES AND INDIVIDUALS
3. Water Security, Perceptions and Politics: The Context for International Watercourse Negotiations
David Grey and Dustin Garrick
4. Water and Sanitation are Human Rights: Why Does it Matter?
Catarina de Albuquerque
5. Water Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Dinah Shelton
6. Do People Have Rights in Boundaries' Delimitations?
Marcelo Kohen and Mara Tignino
PART II: THE PROMOTION OF WATER COOPERATION THROUGH UNIVERSAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL REGIMES
7. The Codification of Universal Norms: A Means to Promote Cooperation and Equity?
Stephen C. McCaffrey
8. A Scalable Approach Towards Realizing Tangible Benefits in Transboundary River Basins and Regions
Jakob Granit and Marius Claassen
9. Regional Contributions to International Water Cooperation: The UNECE Contribution
Attila Tanzi
10. Transboundary Water Resources and International Law: The Example of the Aquifer Management of the Geneva Region (Switzerland and France)
Gabriel de los Cobos
11. The Guaraní Aquifer Framework Agreement (2010)
Lilian del Castillo-Laborde
12. The Senegal River Legal Regime and its Contribution to the Development of the Law of International Watercourses in Africa
Makane Moïse Mbengue
PART III: WATER AS A SHARED NATURAL RESOURCE
13. The Contribution of Procedural Rules to the Environmental Protection of Transboundary Rivers in Light of Recent ICJ Case Law
Owen McIntyre
14. WTO and Trade in Natural Resources
Valerie Hughes and Gabrielle Marceau
15. Virtual Water, 'Land Grab' and International Law
Ellen Hey
16. Competing Water Use in Large-scale Commercial Farms: Ethiopia
Bahakal Abate Yimer
PART IV: PREVENTION AND SETTLEMENT OF WATER-RELATED DISPUTES
17. Do Judicial Decisions Settle Water-related Disputes?
Awn S. Al-Khasawneh
18. Mediation of International Water Disputes - The Indus, the Jordan, and the Nile Basins Interventions
Salman M.A. Salman
19. India and Pakistan's Truculent Cooperation: Can it Continue?
Undala Alam
20. State Succession to Water Treaties: Uncertain Streams
Christina Leb and Mara Tignino
Index
