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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... Rules, 4 and the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention, 5 have included, alongside the key principle of equitable utilization, versions of the rule prohibiting watercourse States from causing significant harm to other watercourse States ...
... Rules, 4 and the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention, 5 have included, alongside the key principle of equitable utilization, versions of the rule prohibiting watercourse States from causing significant harm to other watercourse States ...
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... Rules on Water Resources Law (2004), at 20, available at http://www.asil.org/ilib/WaterReport2004.pdf According to the Special Rapporteur's commentary, the Berlin Rules represent: a comprehensive revision of the Helsinki Rules and related ...
... Rules on Water Resources Law (2004), at 20, available at http://www.asil.org/ilib/WaterReport2004.pdf According to the Special Rapporteur's commentary, the Berlin Rules represent: a comprehensive revision of the Helsinki Rules and related ...
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... rule has its origins in environmental protection. 7 See, for example, Article X, Helsinki Rules, Supra, n. 3, Article 8, Berlin Rules, Supra, n. 1, and Articles 20-23 of the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention, Supra, n. 5. 8 See, for ...
... rule has its origins in environmental protection. 7 See, for example, Article X, Helsinki Rules, Supra, n. 3, Article 8, Berlin Rules, Supra, n. 1, and Articles 20-23 of the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention, Supra, n. 5. 8 See, for ...
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... rules on environmental protection, supplemental to the prevailing rule of equitable utilization, suggests that this issue is central to any modern regime for the utilization of shared watercourses. Such provisions would also usually ...
... rules on environmental protection, supplemental to the prevailing rule of equitable utilization, suggests that this issue is central to any modern regime for the utilization of shared watercourses. Such provisions would also usually ...
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... rules of environmental protection. Regardless of their precise normative status, these rules have a central role to play in articulating environmental values, standards and concerns and in providing conceptual and procedural frameworks ...
... rules of environmental protection. Regardless of their precise normative status, these rules have a central role to play in articulating environmental values, standards and concerns and in providing conceptual and procedural frameworks ...
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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