Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International LawMcIntyre'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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It provides for the establishment of factors which are to be taken into account in determining water utilization and allocation of shares in the resource, and thus provides a theoretical structure or framework within which consideration ...
It provides for the establishment of factors which are to be taken into account in determining water utilization and allocation of shares in the resource, and thus provides a theoretical structure or framework within which consideration ...
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... in September 1972, to cooperate in the field of the environment by providing technical data regarding works to be ... containing the Declaration of Asunción on the Use of International Rivers, Paragraph 2 of which provides that in ...
... in September 1972, to cooperate in the field of the environment by providing technical data regarding works to be ... containing the Declaration of Asunción on the Use of International Rivers, Paragraph 2 of which provides that in ...
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Article 1(2) of the 1992 Agreement between Namibia and South Africa on the Establishment of a Permanent Water Commission provides that the Commission's objective is, inter alia, 'to act as technical adviser to the Parties on matters ...
Article 1(2) of the 1992 Agreement between Namibia and South Africa on the Establishment of a Permanent Water Commission provides that the Commission's objective is, inter alia, 'to act as technical adviser to the Parties on matters ...
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It provides that: 179 Supra, n. 21. 180 Article 5(2) provides that: Watercourse States shall participate in the use, development and protection of an international watercourse in an equitable and reasonable manner.
It provides that: 179 Supra, n. 21. 180 Article 5(2) provides that: Watercourse States shall participate in the use, development and protection of an international watercourse in an equitable and reasonable manner.
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Further, Article 24, which deals with the 'management' of international watercourses, provides that '[W]atercourse States shall, at the request of any of them, enter into consultations concerning the management on an international ...
Further, Article 24, which deals with the 'management' of international watercourses, provides that '[W]atercourse States shall, at the request of any of them, enter into consultations concerning the management on an international ...
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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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| 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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