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8 - Settlement of Water-Related Disputes in International Law

from Part II - Effectiveness, Authority, and Legitimacy of the Current System of International Dispute Settlement and Possible Reforms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2023

By
Maria A. Gwynn
Edited by
Russell Buchan ,
Daniel Franchini  and
Nicholas Tsagourias
Russell Buchan
Affiliation:
University of Reading
Daniel Franchini
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield
Nicholas Tsagourias
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield
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Summary

In this chapter, Maria Gwynn focuses on the settlement of water-related disputes in international law. This chapter evaluates agreements governing transboundary water resources from different regions of the world and highlights the different mechanisms of dispute settlement they provide. It argues that, for water-related disputes, joint or international commissions play a key role in the settlement of disputes. This chapter explores how the complementarity of different treaties, on the one hand, and international law, on the other, coupled with States’ willingness to co-operate with one another, enables States to negotiate and resolve disputes amicably and according to the principles contained in the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention.

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water disputesinternational dispute settlementsovereigntynatural resourcesUN Watercourses Convention
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The Changing Character of International Dispute Settlement
Challenges and Prospects
 , pp. 217 - 248
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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