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1 online resource (392 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; The UN Watercourses Convention in Force; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Figures and tables; Abbreviations; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Part 1 Background and evolution; 1 Introduction; 2 The progressive development of international water law; 3 Possible reasons slowing down the ratification process; 4 Misconceptions regarding the interpretation of the UN Watercourses Convention; 5 Why have states joined the UN Watercourses Convention?; Part 2 Entry into force and widespread endorsement: potentialeffects on international law and state practice |
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6 The authority and function of the UN Watercourses Convention7 Impacts on the international architecture for transboundary waters; 8 Factors that could limit the effectiveness of the UN WatercoursesConvention upon its entry into force; Part 3 The potential role and relevance of the UN WatercoursesConvention in specific regions, basins and countries; 9 West Africa; 10 Southern Africa; 11 Central America; 12 Nile River Basin; 13 Aral Sea Basin; 14 Amazon Basin; 15 Mekong Basin; 16 Ethiopia; 17 El Salvador |
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Part 4 The UN Watercourses Convention, multilateral environmental conventions and international water and environmental policy goals18 Convention on Climate Change; 19 Convention to Combat Desertification; 20 UN Economic Commission for Europe Water Convention; 21 International development and environmental goals; Part 5 Beyond entry into force: Strengthening the role and relevance of the UN Watercourses Convention; 22 An institutional structure to support the implementation process; 23 Filling gaps: A protocol to govern groundwater resources of relevance to international law |
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24 Reconciling the UN Watercourses Convention with recent developments in customary international lawPart 6 Emerging challenges and future trends; 25 Governing international watercourses in an era of climate change; 26 Benefit sharing in the UN Watercourses Convention and underinternational water law; 27 Water security -- legal frameworks and the UN WatercoursesConvention; 28 Transboundary water interactions and the UN WatercoursesConvention: Allocating waters and implementing principles; Index |
| Summary |
At the UN General Assembly in 1997, an overwhelming majority of States voted for the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - a global overarching framework governing the rights and duties of States sharing freshwater systems. Globally, there are 263 internationally shared watersheds, which drain the territories of 145 countries and represent more than forty percent of the Earth's land surface. Hence, inter-State cooperation towards the sustainable management of transboundary water supplies, in accordance with applica |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Rieu-Clarke, Alistair
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| ISBN |
9781136484391 |
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1136484396 |
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