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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... freshwater resources has become a great deal more settled in recent years. It is now beyond debate that the principle of 'equitable utilization' is the pre-eminent rule relating to the utilization of international watercourses.1 ...
... freshwater resources has become a great deal more settled in recent years. It is now beyond debate that the principle of 'equitable utilization' is the pre-eminent rule relating to the utilization of international watercourses.1 ...
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... freshwater law extensively relied upon include, inter alia, Bruhacs,10 ... Resources Journal, 151. 9 S. C. McCaffrey, The Law of International ... Resources Journal, 45; L. A. Teclaff, Water Law in Historical Perspective (William S. Hein ...
... freshwater law extensively relied upon include, inter alia, Bruhacs,10 ... Resources Journal, 151. 9 S. C. McCaffrey, The Law of International ... Resources Journal, 45; L. A. Teclaff, Water Law in Historical Perspective (William S. Hein ...
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... Freshwater Resources: A Case for International Ecosystem Law' (1994) 5 Yearbook of International Environmental Law, 41; J. Brunnée and S. J. Toope, 'Environmental Security and Freshwater Resources: Ecosystem Regime Building' (1997) 91:1 ...
... Freshwater Resources: A Case for International Ecosystem Law' (1994) 5 Yearbook of International Environmental Law, 41; J. Brunnée and S. J. Toope, 'Environmental Security and Freshwater Resources: Ecosystem Regime Building' (1997) 91:1 ...
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... resources is singularly instructive in this regard. This work also seeks to understand how equity functions in ... freshwater resources under the principle of equitable utilization. Indeed, notions of equity are routinely employed in ...
... resources is singularly instructive in this regard. This work also seeks to understand how equity functions in ... freshwater resources under the principle of equitable utilization. Indeed, notions of equity are routinely employed in ...
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... and the use of joint technical commissions in the common management 27 See further, Chapter 7, infra. 28 See further, Chapter 8, infra. of shared freshwater resources. Indeed, even the current trend in Introduction 7.
... and the use of joint technical commissions in the common management 27 See further, Chapter 7, infra. 28 See further, Chapter 8, infra. of shared freshwater resources. Indeed, even the current trend in Introduction 7.
Contents
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3 The Principle of Equitable Utilization | 53 |
4 The Rule on Prevention of Significant Harm | 87 |
5 Equity and the Utilization of Shared Natural Resources | 121 |
6 Factors Relating to the Equitable Utilization of International Watercourses | 155 |
Substantive Rules of Customary and General International Law | 191 |
Procedural Rules of Customary and General International Law | 317 |
Environmental Protection as a Factor in Determining the Equitable Utilization of International Watercourses | 359 |
Bibliography | 381 |
Index | 413 |
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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 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 Water 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 transboundary environmental transboundary harm Treaty United Nations UNTS utilization of international vital human needs Water Disputes Tribunal Yearbook of International