The UN Watercourses Convention in Force: Strengthening international law for transboundary water management

Cover
The UN Watercourses Convention in Force
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Figures and tables
Abbreviations
Notes on contributors
Foreword
Part 1 Background and evolution
	1 Introduction
	2 The progressive development of international water law
	3 Possible reasons slowing down the ratification process
	4 Misconceptions regarding the interpretation of the UN Watercourses Convention
	5 Why have states joined the UN Watercourses Convention?
Part 2 Entry into force and widespread endorsement: potential
effects on international law and state practice
	6 The authority and function of the UN Watercourses Convention
	7 Impacts on the international architecture for transboundary waters
	8 Factors that could limit the effectiveness of the UN Watercourses
Convention upon its entry into force
Part 3 The potential role and relevance of the UN Watercourses
Convention in specific regions, basins and countries
	9 West Africa
	10 Southern Africa
	11 Central America
	12 Nile River Basin
	13 Aral Sea Basin
	14 Amazon Basin
	15 Mekong Basin
	16 Ethiopia
	17 El Salvador
Part 4 The UN Watercourses Convention, multilateral environmental conventions and international water and environmental policy goals
	18 Convention on Climate Change
	19 Convention to Combat Desertification
	20 UN Economic Commission for Europe Water Convention
	21 International development and environmental goals
Part 5 Beyond entry into force: Strengthening the role and relevance of the UN Watercourses Convention
	22 An institutional structure to support the implementation process
	23 Filling gaps: A protocol to govern groundwater resources of relevance to international law
	24 Reconciling the UN Watercourses Convention with recent developments in customary international law
Part 6 Emerging challenges and future trends
	25 Governing international watercourses in an era of climate change
	26 Benefit sharing in the UN Watercourses Convention and under
international water law
	27 Water security – legal frameworks and the UN Watercourses
Convention
	28 Transboundary water interactions and the UN Watercourses
Convention: Allocating waters and implementing principles
Index