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Case Analysis: The Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Case Seen in Particular From the Perspective of the Law of International Watercourses and the Protection of the Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2004

Johan G. Lammers
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Abstract

The subject-matter of this article is the Judgment of the International Court of Justice in the Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros case. Following an exposition of the relevant facts, it continues with a critical analysis of the Judgment of the Court. In addition to a brief analysis of the issues involving the law of treaties, the law of state responsibility, the law of state succession, and the treaty obligations of Hungary and Slovakia relating to the use of Danube water and the protection of its environment, it focuses on the rules and principles of general international law concerning the use of international watercourses and the protection of the environment that were applied by the Court in this case.

Keywords

environmental protectionGabčíkovo-Nagymaros caseInternational Court of Justicelaw of international watercoursesstate of necessity
Type
HAGUE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS: International Court of Justice
Information
Leiden Journal of International Law , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , June 1998 , pp. 287 - 320
Copyright
© 1998 Kluwer Law International

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