Title The UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and international Lakes : its contribution to international water cooperation / edited by Attila Tanzi, Owen McIntyre, Alexandros Kolliopoulos, Alistair Rieu-Clarke, Remy Kinna

Published Boston : Brill Nijhoff, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (547 pages) Series International Water Law Series International water law series. Contents The UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes:Its Contribution to International Water Cooperation; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; PART 1: Development and Evolution of the Convention; 1: Remarks on the Drafting History of the Convention; 2: From a Regional towards a Global Instrument -- The 2003 Amendment to the UNECE Water Convention; 3: The Normative and Institutional Evolution of the Convention; PART 2: The Water Convention and Other Multilateral Environmental Agreements 4: The 1997 UN Convention: Compatibility and Complementarity5: The UNECE Water Convention and Multilateral Environmental Agreements; 6: The Water Convention and other UNECE Environmental Treaties; 7: The Water Convention and the European Union: The Benefits of the Convention for EU Member States; PART 3: The Regulatory Framework of the Water Convention; 8: Scope of the UNECE Water Convention; 9: Normative Features of the UNECE Water Convention; PART 4: General Principles of the Convention; 10: The No-Harm Rule; 11: The Principle of Equitable and Reasonable Utilisation 12: The Role of the Precautionary Principle in the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes13: The Polluter-Pays Principle in the 1992 UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes; 14: The Sustainability Principle; PART 5: Tools for Preventing or Mitigating Transboundary Impact; The Development of Legal Provisions and Measures for Preventing and Reducing Pollution to Transboundary Water Resources under th 16: Integrated Water Resources Management as a Tool to Prevent or Mitigate Transboundary ImpactPART 6: Data Collection and Information Sharing ; 17: Monitoring and Assessment and the duty of cooperation under the Water Convention: Exchange of Information Among the Riparian Parties; 18: Public Information and Participation under the Water Convention; PART 7: Cooperation and Its Institutional Setting: The Water Convention and the Evolution of Procedural Rules of International Water Law 19: The Duty to Cooperation in International Water Law -- Examining the Contribution of the UN Water Conventions to Facilitating Transboundary Water Cooperation20: The Contribution of the UNECE Water Regime to Transboundary Cooperation in the Danube River Basin; 21: Cooperation between Finland and the Russian Federation; PART 8: Compliance, Responsibility, Liability, Dispute Prevention and Settlement Summary The UNECE Convention (United Nations Commission for Europe) on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes provides invaluable insights into the contribution of this international agreement towards transboundary water cooperation via its legal provisions, accompanying institutional arrangements and subsidiary policy mechanisms. Edited by Attila Tanzi, University of Bologna; Owen McIntyre, University College Cork, National University of Ireland; Alexandros Kolliopoulos, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Alistair Rieu-Clarke, University of Dundee; Rémy Kinna, Oxfam Australia. Publisher's note Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource, title from digital title page (MyiLibrary, viewed on 07 July 2015) Print version record SUBJECT Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (1992 March 17) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001087092 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (1992 March 17) fast Subject Water-power -- International cooperation Water-supply -- International cooperation. Water resources development -- Law and legislation -- Europe Water -- Pollution -- Law and legislation -- Europe Transboundary pollution -- Law and legislation -- Europe Water rights (International law) LAW -- International. Transboundary pollution -- Law and legislation Water -- Pollution -- Law and legislation Water resources development -- Law and legislation Water rights (International law) Water-supply -- International cooperation United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Helsinki, 17 March 1992) International watercourses. Non-navigational uses of international watercourses. Drainage basins. Water. Water management. Shared natural resources. International co-operation. Europe Form Electronic book Author Tanzi, Attila, editor ISBN 900429158X 9789004291584

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