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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... harm to other watercourse States through their use of a shared international watercourse. However, inclusion of the 'no harm' rule has given rise to confusion over whether it comprises a separate substantive rule, largely concerned with ...
... harm to other watercourse States through their use of a shared international watercourse. However, inclusion of the 'no harm' rule has given rise to confusion over whether it comprises a separate substantive rule, largely concerned with ...
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... harm' rule has its origins in environmental protection. 7 See, for example, Article X, Helsinki Rules, Supra, n. 3 ... harm principles, as well as to explain the nature of the relationship between these principles. In so doing this work ...
... harm' rule has its origins in environmental protection. 7 See, for example, Article X, Helsinki Rules, Supra, n. 3 ... harm principles, as well as to explain the nature of the relationship between these principles. In so doing this work ...
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... harm has obvious significance for the environmental protection of international watercourses, and, thus, for the protection of States' interests in using watercourses or their waters, and its express inclusion in all recent ...
... harm has obvious significance for the environmental protection of international watercourses, and, thus, for the protection of States' interests in using watercourses or their waters, and its express inclusion in all recent ...
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... harm, especially environmental harm. This is apparent, for example, in the proposal, contained in the International Law Commission's 2001 draft Convention on the Prevention of Transboundary Harm from Hazardous Activities, 25 that States ...
... harm, especially environmental harm. This is apparent, for example, in the proposal, contained in the International Law Commission's 2001 draft Convention on the Prevention of Transboundary Harm from Hazardous Activities, 25 that States ...
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... harm is caused.47 43 See 'Austrian Statement of Principles regarding Successive Rivers', in Economic Commission for Europe, Legal Aspects of Hydro-Electric Development of Rivers and Lakes of Common Interest, UN Doc. E.ECE/136 (1952), at ...
... harm is caused.47 43 See 'Austrian Statement of Principles regarding Successive Rivers', in Economic Commission for Europe, Legal Aspects of Hydro-Electric Development of Rivers and Lakes of Common Interest, UN Doc. E.ECE/136 (1952), at ...
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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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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