Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International LawRoutledge, 2016 M05 13 - 448 pages McIntyre's work explains the legal means by which requirements of environmental protection influence the determination of a reasonable and equitable regime for allocating rights to riparian states to utilize shared freshwater resources. The work examines the means and processes by which environmental considerations can act upon the operation of the principle of equitable utilization. The volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the subject, outlining the development, scope and operation in general and customary international law of key rules of environmental protection. |
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... appropriate machinery for co-operation between interested States for water resources common to more than one jurisdiction' and set down a number of basic principles by which such commissions should be guided.136 Significantly, the ...
... appropriate machinery for co-operation between interested States for water resources common to more than one jurisdiction' and set down a number of basic principles by which such commissions should be guided.136 Significantly, the ...
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... appropriate, the harmonisation of those strategies and action 138 programmes. 138 ibid, at 169, para. 18.10. Examples of common management institutions for water resources include the Danube Commission, 139 the US-Canadian International ...
... appropriate, the harmonisation of those strategies and action 138 programmes. 138 ibid, at 169, para. 18.10. Examples of common management institutions for water resources include the Danube Commission, 139 the US-Canadian International ...
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... appropriate for a fully developed legal community', concedes that 'the international community is far from being fully developed' and that 'the idea has yet to develop into a principle of international law governing international water ...
... appropriate for a fully developed legal community', concedes that 'the international community is far from being fully developed' and that 'the idea has yet to develop into a principle of international law governing international water ...
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... pollution' that '[W]atercourse States shall, individually and, where appropriate, jointly, prevent, reduce and control the pollution of an international watercourse that may cause significant harm ...' and that '[W]atercourse States.
... pollution' that '[W]atercourse States shall, individually and, where appropriate, jointly, prevent, reduce and control the pollution of an international watercourse that may cause significant harm ...' and that '[W]atercourse States.
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... appropriate agencies or other representatives of the States concerned'.190 Finally, the Convention envisages a role for common management mechanisms in relation to the settlement of disputes concerning the interpretation or application ...
... appropriate agencies or other representatives of the States concerned'.190 Finally, the Convention envisages a role for common management mechanisms in relation to the settlement of disputes concerning the interpretation or application ...
Contents
The Principle of Equitable Utilization | |
The Rule on Prevention of Significant Harm | |
Equity and the Utilization of Shared Natural Resources | |
Factors Relating to the Equitable Utilization of International Watercourses | |
Substantive | |
Rules of Customary and General International | |
Environmental Protection as a Factor in Determining | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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1997 Convention 1997 UN Convention activities adopted Agreement allocation application Arbitration Berlin Rules Birnie and Boyle Bruhacs cause significant harm commentary to Article concerning concluded consideration Continental Shelf cooperate customary international law delimitation Draft Articles drainage basin due diligence duty economic ecosystem approach effects environmental impact assessment environmental protection equitable and reasonable equitable utilization established example freshwater resources Fuentes further Helsinki Rules ibid implementation infra inter alia intergenerational equity international drainage basin International Environmental Law International Law Commission International Rivers international watercourse Journal of International McCaffrey natural negotiations Non-Navigational normative notify parties Policy pollution practice precautionary principle principle of equitable principles of international procedural protection of international Protocol provides relation requires riparian role substantive Supra sustainable development Tanzi and Arcari Teclaff transboundary environmental transboundary harm Treaty United Nations UNTS utilization of international vital human needs Water Disputes Tribunal Yearbook of International
Bibliographic information
| Title | Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International Law |
| Author | Owen McIntyre |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2016 |
| ISBN | 1317142209, 9781317142201 |
| Length | 448 pages |
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