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International law and freshwater : the multiple challenges

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London Edward Elgar 2013Description: 413p xixISBN:
  • 9781781005088
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.046910 CHA
Contents:
Table of 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 Guarani 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 Moise 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
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Table of 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 Guarani 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 Moise 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