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- Preliminary Material
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- International Instruments
- Bilateral/Trilateral Treaties
- UN Resolutions
- Other Instruments (Resolutions, Recommendations/Guidelines/Draft Articles, Guidance, etc.)
- Institute of International Law
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- International Law Association
- International Law Commission
- OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
- UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe)
- Permanent Court of Arbitration
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- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Main Text
- Introduction: The Path to the UN Watercourses Convention and Beyond
- Introduction
- 1 Precursors
- 2 Referral of the Watercourses Topic to the International Law Commission
- 3 The General Assembly Resolution
- 4 The Work of the International Law Commission
- 5 Action on the International Law Commission’s Draft Articles in the General Assembly
- 6 Entry into Force of the Convention
- 7 Implementation of the Convention
- 8 The Convention’s Reception
- 9 The International Law Commission’s Further Work on Shared Freshwater Resources: Transboundary Groundwater
- Conclusion
- s.1 Nature and Aims of the UN Watercourses Convention
- Ch.1 The Choice of a Framework Convention
- Ch.2 Scope of the Convention (Article 1)
- Ch.3 Definitions and Use of Terms (Article 2)
- s.2 The UN Watercourses Convention and Other Fresh Water Agreements
- s.3 General Principles of the UN Watercourses Convention
- Ch.5 Equitable and Reasonable Utilization and Factors Relevant to Determining Such Utilization (Articles 5 and 6)
- Preliminary Material
- A Contextual Introduction
- B Travaux Préparatoires
- C Scope and Customary Nature of Articles 5 and 6
- D Relations with Other Articles
- E Critical Assessment
- F Selected Bibliography
- Ch.6 The Obligation not to Cause Significant Harm (Article 7)
- Preliminary Material
- A Contextual Introduction
- B Travaux Préparatoires
- C The Scope and Customary Value of the Obligation not to Cause Harm
- D Relations with Other Articles
- E Critical Assessment
- F Selected Bibliography
- Ch.7 General Obligation to Cooperate and Regular Exchange of Data and Information (Articles 8 and 9)
- Preliminary Material
- A Contextual Introduction
- B Travaux Préparatoires
- C Scope and Customary Value
- D Relations with Other Articles
- E Critical Assessment
- F Selected Bibliography
- Ch.8 Relationship between Different Kinds of Uses (Article 10)
- Preliminary Material
- A Contextual Introduction
- B Travaux Préparatoires
- C General Principle and Exceptions
- D Relations with Other Articles
- E Critical Assessment
- F Selected Bibliography
- Ch.5 Equitable and Reasonable Utilization and Factors Relevant to Determining Such Utilization (Articles 5 and 6)
- s.4 Planned Measures
- Ch.9 Notification and Consultation Concerning Planned Measures (Articles 11–19)
- Preliminary Material
- Art.11 Information concerning planned measures
- Art.12 Notification concerning planned measures with possible adverse effects
- Art.13 Period for reply to notification
- Art.14 Obligations of the notifying State during the period for reply
- Art.15 Reply to notification
- Art.16 Absence of reply to notification
- Art.17 Consultations and negotiations concerning planned measures
- Art.18 Procedures in the absence of notification
- Art.19 Urgent implementation of planned measures
- A Contextual Introduction
- B Travaux Préparatoires
- C Scope and Customary Value
- D Relations with Other Articles
- E Critical Assessment
- F Selected Bibliography
- Preliminary Material
- Ch.9 Notification and Consultation Concerning Planned Measures (Articles 11–19)
- s.5 Protection, Preservation, and Management
- Ch.10 Protection and Preservation of Freshwater Ecosystems (Articles 20–23)
- Ch.11 Management (Article 24)
- Preliminary Material
- A Contextual Introduction
- B Travaux Préparatoires
- C Scope and Dimensions
- D Relations with Other Articles
- I Article 24 and Duty of Cooperation
- II Article 24 and Equitable and Reasonable Utilization
- III Management and Regulation
- IV Article 24 and ‘Joint’ Measures
- V Article 24 and Environmental Protection
- VI Article 24, Procedural Obligations and Other Provisions Related to Consultations
- VII Article 24 and Other ‘Institutional’ Provisions
- E Critical Assessment
- F Selected Bibliography
- Ch.12 Regulation (Article 25)
- Ch.13 Installations (Article 26)
- Preliminary Material
- A Contextual Introduction
- B Travaux Préparatoires
- C Scope and Customary Value
- D Relations with Other Articles
- E Critical Assessment
- F Selected Bibliography
- s.6 Harmful Conditions and Emergency Situations
- s.7 Miscellaneous Provisions
- Ch.15 International Watercourses and Installations in Time of Armed Conflicts; the Obligation of Cooperation and Indirect Procedures; Exchange of Information and Protection of Data and Information Vital to National Defence or Security (Articles 29–31)
- Preliminary Material
- A Contextual Introduction
- B Travaux Préparatoires
- C Scope and Dimensions of Articles 29 to 31
- D Relations with Other Articles
- E Critical Assessment
- F Selected Bibliography
- Ch.16 Access to Procedures and the Principle of Non-Discrimination (Article 32)
- Ch.15 International Watercourses and Installations in Time of Armed Conflicts; the Obligation of Cooperation and Indirect Procedures; Exchange of Information and Protection of Data and Information Vital to National Defence or Security (Articles 29–31)
- s.8 Prevention and Settlement of Disputes
- Ch.17 The Settlement of Disputes through Non-Judicial Means (Article 33(1)–33(9))
- Ch.18 The Settlement of Disputes through Judicial Means (Article 33(10) and the Annex on Arbitration)
- s.9 The UN Watercourses Convention and Instruments Dealing with the Management and Protection of Fresh Water Resources
- Ch.19 The Interplay between the UN Watercourses Convention and the Law on Transboundary Aquifers (Article 2)
- A Contextual Introduction
- B Groundwater and the UN Watercourses Convention
- C The International Law Commission Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers and the UN Watercourses Convention: Points of Departure and Alignment
- I The Work of the International Law Commission on Shared Natural Resources
- II The International Law Commission Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers and the UN Watercourses Convention: Scope
- III The International Law Commission Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers and the UN Watercourses Convention: Alignment and Points of Departure
- (a) Sovereignty
- (b) Planned activities
- (c) Scope: activities governed by the Draft Articles
- (d) Vital human needs
- (e) General principles
- (f) Protection, preservation, and management
- (g) Miscellaneous provisions
- (h) Missing provisions: dispute settlement and relationship with other existing legal instruments
- D The UN Watercourses Convention and the Law of Transboundary Aquifers: A Normative Package?
- E Selected Bibliography
- Ch.20 The Interplay between the UN Watercourses Convention and the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
- Ch.21 The Interplay between the UN Watercourses Convention and International Environmental Law
- A Introductory Remarks
- B The UN Watercourses Convention in the Evolution of International Environmental Law
- C Adopting an Ecosystem Approach in the UN Watercourses Convention
- D Transboundary Harm and International Watercourses
- E Waste, Pollution, and Water
- F Sustainable Development and International Watercourses
- G Environmental Impact Assessment and Public Participation in Measures Affecting Watercourses
- H Non-Discrimination in the Context of MEAs
- I Due Diligence, Cooperation, and Management in the Context of Watercourses
- J Interactions between the UN Watercourses Convention and Other Environmental Agreements: Supplementary and Mutually Reinforcing
- K Conclusion
- L Selected Bibliography
- Ch.22 The UN Watercourses Convention and International Economic Law
- Ch.19 The Interplay between the UN Watercourses Convention and the Law on Transboundary Aquifers (Article 2)
- Introduction: The Path to the UN Watercourses Convention and Beyond
- Further Material
- Appendix Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses
- Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 21 May 1997Entered into force on 17 August 2014
- Part I Introduction
- Part II General Principles
- Art.5 Equitable and reasonable utilization and participation
- Art.6 Factors relevant to equitable and reasonable utilization
- Art.7 Obligation not to cause significant harm
- Art.8 General obligation to cooperate
- Art.9 Regular exchange of data and information
- Art.10 Relationship between different kinds of uses
- Part III Planned Measures
- Art.11 Information concerning planned measures
- Art.12 Notification concerning planned measures with possible adverse effects
- Art.13 Period for reply to notification
- Art.14 Obligations of the notifying State during the period for reply
- Art.15 Reply to notification
- Art.16 Absence of reply to notification
- Art.17 Consultations and negotiations concerning planned measures
- Art.18 Procedures in the absence of notification
- Art.19 Urgent implementation of planned measures
- Part IV Protection, Preservation and Management
- Part V Harmful Conditions and Emergency Situations
- Part VI Miscellaneous Provisions
- Part VII Final Clauses
- Annex Arbitration
- Index
- Appendix Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses
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