Water Law and Policy in the Middle East and North Africa Region

Damilola S. Olawuyi is a Professor and UNESCO Chair on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar, and director of the Institute for Oil, Gas, Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development at the Afe Babalola University, Nigeria. He is an Independent Expert on the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights and Chair of the Association of Environmental Law Lecturers in Middle East and North African Universities (ASSELLMU). Pedi Obani is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Bradford, United Kingdom, a Research Fellow with the Earth System Governance network, and a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Future Leaders Fellow leading a multi-country study on gender inclusive climate change governance. She has held several leadership roles in the global water and human rights community, and she is currently the President of the Board of Human Right to Water (HR2W).

• Part I. Introductory Context and Principles: 1. Nature, scope and sources of water law and policy in the MENA region Damilola S. Olawuyi; 2. The international legal framework on water security and the right to water Pedi Obani; 3. Water, land and urban management nexus Robert Home; 4. Climate change and water security Mohammed Rashid Al-Sulaiti and Umair Dogar; 5. Trade and water security Ahmed Al Sulaiti; 6. Water security in times of armed conflicts Mahnaz Rashidi; 7. The role of national and regional institutions in promoting water security Riyad Fakhri, Youness Lazrak Hassouni, Hamza Hajji and Sofia Benbrik; Part II. Case Studies: 8. Wastewater management and reuse in the MENA region Aphrodite Smagadi and Vera Morveli; 9. Sewage management and its impacts on water resources: Tanjero River case study Hiwa Rashid; 10. Environment, social and governance (ESG) and corporate responsibility for sustainable wastewater management Elena Athwal; 11. Advancing water security through green governance and nature-based solutions: lessons from Tunisia Dorsaf Danezli; 12. Transboundary management of water resources: lessons from the Northwestern Sahara Aquifer System (NWSAS) Rachid Bouajila; 13. Financing water infrastructure in the MENA region: the role of public-private partnerships Ionela Cristina Al Thalathini; Part III. Lessons Learned and Future Directions:14. Implementing the nexus approach to water law and policy in the MENA Region Eduardo G. Pereira, Mostapha Al-Masry and Walters Nsoh; 15. Effective multi-stakeholder participation and engagement for Water Security in the MENA region Temple Oraeki; 16. Strengthening water security through environmental legal education: role of faith-based approaches Pedi Obani; 17. Advancing integrated water resource management in the MENA Region: summary and options for policy makers Pedi Obani and Damilola S. Olawuyi.