International law and freshwater : the multiple challenges /
edited by Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Christina Leb, Mara Tignino.
- Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar, c2013.
- xix, 463 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- New horizons in environmental and energy law .
- New horizons in environmental and energy law. .
Papers from a conference held in Geneva in July 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The law of international watercourses : achievements and challenges / Water security, perceptions and politics : the context for international watercourse negotiations / Water and sanitation as human rights : why does it matter? / Water rights of indigenous peoples and local communities / Do people have rights in boundaries' delimitations? / The codification of universal norms : a means to promote cooperation and equity? / A scalable approach towards realizing tangible benefits in transboundary river basins and regions / Regional contributions to international water cooperation : the UNECE contribution / Transboundary water resources and international law : the example of the aquifer management of the Geneva region (Switzerland and France) / The Guarani Aquifer Framework Agreement (2010) / The Senegal River legal regime and its contribution to the development of the law of international watercourses in Africa / The contribution of procedural rules to the environmental protection of transboundary rivers in light of recent ICJ case law / WTO and trade in natural resources / Virtual water,'land grab' and international law / Competing water use in large-scale commercial farms : Ethiopia / Do judicial decisions settle water-related disputes? / Mediation of international water disputes : the Indus, the Jordan, and the Nile Basins interventions / India and Pakistan's truculent cooperation : can it continue? / State succession to water treaties : uncertain streams / Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Christina Leb, and Mara Tignino -- Lucius Caflisch -- David Grey and Dustin Garrick -- Catarina de Albuquerque -- Dinah Shelton -- Marcelo Kohen and Mara Tignino -- Stephen C. McCaffrey -- Jakob Granit and Marius Claasen -- Attila Tanzi -- Gabriel de los Cobos -- Lilian del Castillo-Laborde -- Makane Moise Mbengue -- Owen McIntyre -- Valerie Hughes and Gabrielle Marceau -- Ellen Hey -- Bahakal Abate Yimer -- Awn S. Al-Khasawneh -- Salman M.A. Salman -- Undala Alam -- Christina Leb and Mara Tignino. Introduction /