Edited by Mara Tignino, Reader, Platform for International Water Law/Geneva Water Hub, Faculty of Law and Christian Bréthaut, Assistant Professor, UNESCO Chair on Hydropolitics, Geneva Water Hub, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland

• Contents:Introduction: An interdisciplinary inquiry into the relationship between fresh water, the rule of law and international relations M. Tignino and C. Bréthaut Part I The characterization of fresh water in international law 1. Fresh water as common heritage and a common concern of mankind S. Kpenou 2. The economic management of water resources: the case of the investor-State disputes in the context of concession contracts B. Zerhdoud3. The environmental management of water resources: what impact on the characterization of fresh water in international law? M.M. Mbengue and N. Odili4. Urban water management: from the human right framework to political challenges in Latin AmericaEmilie Dupuits5. Water in the practice of the United Nations Security Council: trends and new perspectivesM. Tignino Part II Sources of international law in the management and protection of fresh water resources6. The customary law of international watercoursesS.C. McCaffrey 7. ‘Glocal’ water management and regional organizations: multi-level law and transjuridicityA. Correia Lima Macedo Franca 8. Diplomacy, responsibility and accountability in transboundary water disputesA. Tanzi 9. Fresh water and energy in international courts and tribunals: hydroelectricity installations on transboundary riversD. Azaria 10. Settlement of disputes concerning international watercoursesL. Caflisch Part III Specific regimes of fresh water resources11. Fresh water resources and climate change M. Stoffel, Z.W. Kundzewicz and M. Beniston 12. The human right to water and sanitation: challenges and opportunities S.M.A. Salman 13. Transboundary aquifers S. Hawkins and R. Martin-Nagle14. Responsibility and liability in international law for damage to transboundary fresh water resources O. McIntyre Part IV Beyond international law: the interplay between fresh water and social and environmental sciences 15. Studying international water conflictL. Maertens and G. Pflieger16. Benefit sharing in international water law: a multi-disciplinary undertakingL. Boisson de Chazournes and C. Leb 17. An institutionalist perspective on the use of international water law: crafting institutions in a multi-level settingT. Bolognesi and C. Bréthaut 18. The role of hydrogeology in fresh water managementA. Rivera, A. Dumont and A. Aureli19. The role of geography in fresh water managementM. Milano and E. Reynard20. The role of ethics in fresh water management: linking the ethic of conviction and the ethic of responsibilityE. Fiechter-WidemannIndex

Edited by Mara Tignino, Reader, Platform for International Water Law/Geneva Water Hub, Faculty of Law and Christian Bréthaut, Assistant Professor, UNESCO Chair on Hydropolitics, Geneva Water Hub, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland

• Contents:Introduction: An interdisciplinary inquiry into the relationship between fresh water, the rule of law and international relations M. Tignino and C. Bréthaut Part I The characterization of fresh water in international law 1. Fresh water as common heritage and a common concern of mankind S. Kpenou 2. The economic management of water resources: the case of the investor-State disputes in the context of concession contracts B. Zerhdoud3. The environmental management of water resources: what impact on the characterization of fresh water in international law? M.M. Mbengue and N. Odili4. Urban water management: from the human right framework to political challenges in Latin AmericaEmilie Dupuits5. Water in the practice of the United Nations Security Council: trends and new perspectivesM. Tignino Part II Sources of international law in the management and protection of fresh water resources6. The customary law of international watercoursesS.C. McCaffrey 7. ‘Glocal’ water management and regional organizations: multi-level law and transjuridicityA. Correia Lima Macedo Franca 8. Diplomacy, responsibility and accountability in transboundary water disputesA. Tanzi 9. Fresh water and energy in international courts and tribunals: hydroelectricity installations on transboundary riversD. Azaria 10. Settlement of disputes concerning international watercoursesL. Caflisch Part III Specific regimes of fresh water resources11. Fresh water resources and climate change M. Stoffel, Z.W. Kundzewicz and M. Beniston 12. The human right to water and sanitation: challenges and opportunities S.M.A. Salman 13. Transboundary aquifers S. Hawkins and R. Martin-Nagle14. Responsibility and liability in international law for damage to transboundary fresh water resources O. McIntyre Part IV Beyond international law: the interplay between fresh water and social and environmental sciences 15. Studying international water conflictL. Maertens and G. Pflieger16. Benefit sharing in international water law: a multi-disciplinary undertakingL. Boisson de Chazournes and C. Leb 17. An institutionalist perspective on the use of international water law: crafting institutions in a multi-level settingT. Bolognesi and C. Bréthaut 18. The role of hydrogeology in fresh water managementA. Rivera, A. Dumont and A. Aureli19. The role of geography in fresh water managementM. Milano and E. Reynard20. The role of ethics in fresh water management: linking the ethic of conviction and the ethic of responsibilityE. Fiechter-WidemannIndex