Research Handbook on International Water Law

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The Research Handbook on International Water Law surveys the field of the law of shared freshwater resources. In some thirty chapters, it covers subjects ranging from the general principles operative in the field and international groundwater law to the human right to water and whether international water law is prepared to cope with climate disruption.

Its comprehensive survey of international water law links international water principles to case studies and examples from specific basins, to bring research into real-world relevancy. Different regional traditions and frameworks of international water law are presented in order to provide a global overview. The work is edited by three scholars and practitioners whose work deals with the law of international watercourses and features perspectives from distinguished experts in the field.

This Handbook will be a crucial resource for academics and researchers, students, relevant government agencies, and practitioners interested in water law and humanitarian law.

Preface

Foreword

S. Schwebel

Introduction

S. McCaffrey, C. Leb and R. Denoon

Part I Evolution of international water law

1. From Treaty Practice to the UN Watercourses Convention

A. Rieu-Clarke

2. The Work of International Legal Expert Bodies

J. Dellapenna

3. The Global Water Treaties and their Relationship

A. Tanzi

4. Inter-Jurisdictional Water Allocation in Federal Systems: Lessons for International Water Law

A. Dan Tarlock, R. Larson

Part II General principles and key obligations of international water law

5. Intertwined General Principles

S. McCaffrey

6. Implementation of the General Duty to Cooperate

C. Leb

7. Prior Notice and Related Issues

L. Caflisch

8. Environmental Protection and the Ecosystem Approach

O. McIntyre

9. The application of the general principles and key obligations to internationally shared groundwater

M. Milanes-Murcia

Part III International water law and its relation with other areas of law

10. Water and Multilateral Environmental Agreements: An Incomplete Jigsaw Puzzle

D. Magraw and P. Udomritthiruj

11. International Water Law and Climate Disruption

A. D. Tarlock

12. Water and International Trade Law

D. Magraw and D. Padmanabhan

13. Water in International Humanitarian Law

M. Tignino

Part IV Human Right to Water and vital human water needs

14. The Human Right to Water

I. Winkler

15. The Human Right to Water in a Transboundary Context

A. Russell

16. The UNECE Protocol on Water and Health for the Implementation of the Right to Drinking Water and Sanitation

A. Tanzi and G.M. Farnelli

Part V Dispute settlement and compliance

17. The Permanent Court of International Justice, The International Court of Justice and international water law: Versatility in Consistency

L. Boisson de Chazournes

18. The Role of Scientific and Technical Experts

C. Parseghian and B. Guthrie

19. The Implementation Mechanism and Committee Established Under the UNECE Convention on the Protection of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes

J. Lammers

Part VI Regional approaches

20. Creating Basin Mechanisms in Southern Africa

R. Paisley and M. Curlier

21. West African Approaches to International Law and Treaty Practice

M.M. Mbengue, N. Odili

22. The Nile Basin: Changing Legal Contours

S.M.A. Salman

23. Europe: International Water Law and the EU Water Framework Directive

G. Reichert

24. Central Asia: the Aral Sea Basin

D. Ziganshina