Research Handbook on International Water Law

Edited by Stephen C. McCaffrey, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, US, Christina Leb, Platform for International Water Law, University of Geneva, Switzerland and Riley T. Denoon, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, US

‘This book is a timely addition to the discourse on transboundary water management and is an excellent collection of interrelated papers written by academics and practitioners exploring and analysing international water law from diverse perspectives. In the range of topics that this compilation covers, it is a definitive guide to the rapidly growing areas of concern of international water resource allocation, water management and dispute resolution.’

• Contents:PrefaceForeword by Stephen M. SchwebelIntroduction Stephen C. McCaffrey, Christina Leb and Riley T. DenoonPart I Evolution of International Water Law1. From Treaty Practice to the UN Watercourses Convention Alistair Rieu-Clarke2. The Work of International Legal Expert BodiesJoseph W. Dellapenna3. The Global Water Treaties and their Relationship Attila Tanzi4. Inter-Jurisdictional Water Allocation in Federal Systems: Lessons for International Water Law Rhett Larson and A. Dan TarlockPart II General Principles and Key Obligations of International Water Law5. Intertwined General Principles Stephen C. McCaffrey 6. Implementation of the General Duty to CooperateChristina Leb 7. Prior Notice and Related Issues Lucius Caflisch8. Environmental Protection and the Ecosystem Approach Owen McIntyre9. The application of the general principles and key obligations to internationally shared groundwater María Milanés-Murcia Part III International Water Law and its Relation With Other Areas of Law10. Water and Multilateral Environmental Agreements: An Incomplete Jigsaw PuzzleDaniel Barstow Magraw and Patsorn Udomritthiruj11. International Water Law and Climate Disruption A. Dan Tarlock12. Water and International Trade Law Daniel Barstow Magraw and Deepika Padmanabhan13. Water in International Humanitarian Law Mara Tignino Part IV Human Right to Water and Vital Human Water Needs14. The Human Right to Water Inga T. Winkler15. The Human Right to Water in a Transboundary Context Anna F.S. Russell16. The UNECE Protocol on Water and Health for the Implementation of the Right to Drinking Water and SanitationAttilla Tanzi and Gian Maria FarnelliPart V Dispute Settlement and Compliance 17. The Permanent Court of International Justice, The International Court of Justice and international water law: Versatility in Consistency Laurence Boisson de Chazournes18. The Role of Scientific and Technical Experts Cicely O. Parseghian and Benjamin K. Guthrie19. The Implementation Mechanism and Committee Established Under the UNECE Convention on the Protection of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes Johan G. LammersPart VI Regional Approaches20. Creating Basin Mechanisms in Southern Africa Richard K. Paisley and Maaria Curlier21. West African Approaches to International Law and Treaty Practice Makane Moïse Mbengue and Nwamaka Odili22. The Nile Basin: Changing Legal ContoursSalman M.A. Salman23. Europe: International Water Law and the EU Water Framework Directive Götz Reichert24. Central Asia: the Aral Sea Basin Dinara R. Ziganshina25. South Asian Water Treaty Practice: An Overview Kishor Uprety26. China’s International Water RelationsYu Su27. Transboundary Water Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Neighboring States: Legal and Institutional Frameworks Sergei Vinogradov and Patricia Wouters28. A Panoptic View of International Water Law in Latin America Lilian del Castillo Laborde29. A Long History of Cooperation between Canada and the United States on Boundary Waters Richard K. PaisleyIndex