UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes

Attila Tanzi, Ph.D., is Full Professor of International Law at the University of Bologna and Visiting Professor at Queen Mary, University of London. He has held numerous academic positions and has published extensively in English, Spanish, French and Italian on State responsibility, foreign investment law, environmental law, the law of international organisations and jurisdictional immunities.Dr Owen McIntyre is Senior Lecturer and Director of Research at the School of Law, University College Cork, and publishes extensively in all areas of Environmental Law, including a monograph on Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International Law, recently translated and published in China.Alexandros Kolliopoulos is Legal Adviser at the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece. He is the author of a book and of several journal articles. His research focuses on State responsibility, international water law, State succession and United Nations law.Dr Alistair Rieu-Clarke, a Reader in International Law at the Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science, University of Dundee, has published extensively on matters concerning the law of international watercourses, and has a particular interest in treaty compliance and effectiveness.Rémy Kinna has published journal articles, edited special issues and presented conference papers focusing on international environmental law, water governance and transboundary harm. He has been Book Review Editor of the peer-reviewed journal Water International since July 2013.

• AbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsForewordPART IDevelopment and Evolution of the Convention1. Remarks on the Drafting History of the ConventionALISTAIR RIEU-CLARKE2. From a Regional towards a Global Instrument – the 2003 Amendment to the UNECE Water ConventionIULIA TROMBITCAIA AND SONJA KOEPPEL3. The Normative and Institutional Evolution of the ConventionFRANCESCA BERNARDINIPART IIThe Water Convention and other Multilateral Environmental Agreements4. The 1997 UN Convention: Compatibility and Complementarity STEPHEN MCCAFFREY 5. The UNECE Water Convention and Multilateral Environmental AgreementsLAURENCE BOISSON DE CHARZOURNES, CHRISTINA LEB AND MARA TIGNINO6. The Water Convention and other UNECE Environmental Treaties OWEN MCINTYRE7. The Water Convention and the European Union: the Benefits of the Convention for EU Member StatesGÁBOR BARANYAIPART IIIThe Regulatory Framework of the Water Convention8. Scope of the UNECE Water Convention MALGOSIA FITZMAURICE AND PANOS MERKOURIS9. Normative Features of the UNECE Water ConventionATTILA TANZI, ALEXANDROS KOLLIOPOULOS AND NATALIYA NIKIFOROVAPART IVGeneral Principles of the Convention 10. The No-Harm Rule ATTILA TANZI AND ALEXANDROS KOLLIOPOULOS11. The Principle of Equitable and Reasonable UtilisationOWEN MCINTYRE AND ATTILA TANZI12. The Role of the Precautionary Principle in the UNECE Water ConventionNICOLAS DE SADELEER AND MEHDY ABBAS KHAYLI13. The Polluter-Pays Principles in the UNECE Water Convention LESLIE-ANNE DUVIC-PAOLI AND PIERRE-MARIE DUPUY14. The Sustainability Principle ALISTAIR RIEU-CLARKEPART VTools for Preventing or Mitigating Transboundary Impact15. The Development of Legal Provisions and Measures for Preventing and Reducing Pollution to Transboundary Water Resources under the UNECE Water ConventionRÉMY KINNA16. Integrated Water Resources Management as a Tool to Prevent or Mitigate Transboundary Impact HEIDE JEKELPART VIData Collection and Information Sharing 17. Monitoring and Assessment and the duty of cooperation under the Water Convention: exchange of information among the riparian partiesANNUKKA LIPPONEN AND LEA KAUPPI18. Public Information and Participation under the Water Convention SERHIY VYKHRYSTPART VIICooperation and its Institutional Setting: The Water Convention and the Evolution of Procedural Rules of International Water Law 19. The Duty to Cooperation in International Water Law – Examining the Contribution of the UN Water Conventions to Facilitating Transboundary Water CooperationPATRICIA WOUTERS AND CHRISTINA LEB20. The Contribution of the UNECE Water Regime to Transboundary Cooperation in the Danube River Basin RUBY MOYNIHAN21. Cooperation between Finland and the Russian FederationANTTI BELINSKIJ Part VIIICompliance, Responsibility, Liability, Dispute Prevention and Settlement 22. Dispute Prevention, Dispute Settlement and Implementation Facilitation in International Water Law: the Added Value of the Establishment of an Implementation Mechanism under the Water ConventionATTILA TANZI AND CRISTINA CONTARTESE23. The 2003 Kiev Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary WatersPHANI DASCALOPOULOU-LIVADA AND ALEXANDROS KOLLIOPOULOSPART IXSelect Issues24. The Water Convention and the Human Right to Access to Water: The Protocol on Water and HealthOWEN MCINTYRE25. The UNECE Model Provisions on Transboundary Flood Management ALEXANDROS KOLLIOPOULOS26. International Water Law and Climate Disruption AdaptationVASILIKI-MARIA TZATZAKI AND A. DAN TARLOCK27. Advancing Dam Safety in Central Asia: The Contribution of the UNECE Water ConventionBO LIBERT AND IULIA TROMBITCAIA28. The International Water Law Process and Transboundary Groundwater: Supplementing the Water Convention with the 2012 UNECE Model ProvisionsATTILA TANZI AND ALEXANDROS KOLLIOPOULOS PART XViewing the Convention from Outside the UNECE29. The Water Convention from a North American PerspectiveEMMA S. NORMAN, ALICE COHEN AND KAREN BAKKER30. The UNECE Water Convention from a Latin American PerspectiveLILIAN DEL CASTILLO-LABORDE 31. Enhancing China’s transboundary water cooperation – what role for the UNECE Water Convention? PATRICIA WOUTERS32. The UNECE Water Convention Viewed from the perspective of the SADC Revised Protocol on Shared WatercoursesRÉMY KINNA33. The development of a regional legal framework for shared waters in the Arab Region: potential guidance from the UNECE Water ConventionRAYA MARINA STEPHAN PART XIThe role of international financial institutions 34. Environmental Conditionalities and International Funding of Water Works of a Transboundary RelevanceA. VAUGHAN LOWE35. International Financial Institutions and the Water Convention: Consultations ArrangementsSALMAN M. A. SALMANPART XIIConclusions 36. The Contribution of the UNECE Water Convention to International Water LawATTILA TANZI, OWEN MCINTYRE AND ALEXANDROS KOLLIOPOULOS