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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... Principle of Equitable Utilization 3.1 Development and Acceptance of the Principle of Equitable Utilization 3.2 Conceptual Basis of the Principle of Equitable Utilization 3.3 Equitable Utilization and Environmental Protection 3.4 ...
... Principle of Equitable Utilization 3.1 Development and Acceptance of the Principle of Equitable Utilization 3.2 Conceptual Basis of the Principle of Equitable Utilization 3.3 Equitable Utilization and Environmental Protection 3.4 ...
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... principle of 'equitable utilization' is the pre-eminent rule relating to the utilization of international watercourses.1 According to this rule, the determination of a reasonable and equitable regime for the utilization of an ...
... principle of 'equitable utilization' is the pre-eminent rule relating to the utilization of international watercourses.1 According to this rule, the determination of a reasonable and equitable regime for the utilization of an ...
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... equitable regime of utilization. Seminal codifications of this area of international law, such as the International ... principle of equitable utilization, versions of the rule prohibiting watercourse States from causing significant harm ...
... equitable regime of utilization. Seminal codifications of this area of international law, such as the International ... principle of equitable utilization, versions of the rule prohibiting watercourse States from causing significant harm ...
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... principle of equitable utilization in practice. This issue has been explored rather less in the existing literature.18 Environmental considerations might impact upon the principle in a number of ways. First of all, a number of factors ...
... principle of equitable utilization in practice. This issue has been explored rather less in the existing literature.18 Environmental considerations might impact upon the principle in a number of ways. First of all, a number of factors ...
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... law, supplemental to the principle of equitable utilization, serves to further buoy the significance of environmental factors. Indeed, the general obligation to prevent harm is well established in customary international law and brings ...
... law, supplemental to the principle of equitable utilization, serves to further buoy the significance of environmental factors. Indeed, the general obligation to prevent harm is well established in customary international law and brings ...
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