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, 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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... transboundary harm, and that all are interrelated in a complex and continually evolving corpus of laws. These laws have, by definition, evolved to articulate environmental concerns and they continue to do so ever more eloquently. This ...
... transboundary harm, and that all are interrelated in a complex and continually evolving corpus of laws. These laws have, by definition, evolved to articulate environmental concerns and they continue to do so ever more eloquently. This ...
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... harm is caused.47 Though Chile would appear to have asserted an absolute ... transboundary water resources.53 As for support among publicists for the ... harm ... that could result from large-scale diversions or pollution'.55 He further ...
... harm is caused.47 Though Chile would appear to have asserted an absolute ... transboundary water resources.53 As for support among publicists for the ... harm ... that could result from large-scale diversions or pollution'.55 He further ...
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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