Research Handbook on Freshwater Law and International Relations

Contents:

Introduction: An interdisciplinary inquiry into the relationship between fresh water, the rule of law and international relations
M. Tignino and C. Brethaut

Part I The characterization of fresh water in international law
1. Fresh water as common heritage and a common concern of mankind
S. Kpenou

2. The economic management of water resources: the case of the investor-State disputes in the context of concession contracts
B. Zerhdoud

3. The environmental management of water resources: what impact on the characterization of fresh water in international law?
M.M. Mbengue and N. Odili

4. Urban water management: from the human right framework to political challenges in Latin America
Emilie Dupuits

5. Water in the practice of the United Nations Security Council: trends and new perspectives
M. Tignino

Part II Sources of international law in the management and protection of fresh water resources
6. The customary law of international watercourses
S.C. McCaffrey

7. 'Glocal' water management and regional organizations: multi-level law and transjuridicity
A. Correia Lima Macedo Franca

8. Diplomacy, responsibility and accountability in transboundary water disputes
A. Tanzi

9. Fresh water and energy in international courts and tribunals: hydroelectricity installations on transboundary rivers
D. Azaria

10. Settlement of disputes concerning international watercourses
L. Caflisch

Part III Specific regimes of fresh water resources
11. Fresh water resources and climate change
M. Stoffel, Z.W. Kundzewicz and M. Beniston

12. The human right to water and sanitation: challenges and opportunities
S.M.A. Salman

13. Transboundary aquifers
S. Hawkins and R. Martin-Nagle

14. Responsibility and liability in international law for damage to transboundary fresh water resources
O. McIntyre

Part IV Beyond international law: the interplay between fresh water and social and environmental sciences
15. Studying international water conflict
L. Maertens and G. Pflieger

16. Benefit sharing in international water law: a multi-disciplinary undertaking
L. Boisson de Chazournes and C. Leb

17. An institutionalist perspective on the use of international water law: crafting institutions in a multi-level setting
T. Bolognesi and C. Brethaut

18. The role of hydrogeology in fresh water management
A. Rivera, A. Dumont and A. Aureli

19. The role of geography in fresh water management
M. Milano and E. Reynard

20. The role of ethics in fresh water management: linking the ethic of conviction and the ethic of responsibility
E. Fiechter-Widemann

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• A política ambiental e protocolos
• Obras de referência
• Direito internacional do ambiente

Water; conflict; cooperation; climate change; fresh water law; diplomacy; Security Council; peace