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No Significant Harm and Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment

… This learning material is part of a course in the InforMEA e-learning platform, go to … certificate. C2 - No Significant Harm and Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment Author: Mara Tignino Scope: … principles that govern the implementation of the no-harm rule, namely the obligation of notification and consultation, …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… Governance 26-28 November 2014, Nairobi, Kenya FRESHWATER LAW AND GOVERNANCE: GLOBAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES FOR … SUSTAINABILITY Technical background document for theme 3: “Environmental Laws and Regulations” and theme 4: … ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This paper was developed by the Division of Environmental Law and Conventions of the United Nations …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Transboundary water governance and climate change adaptation: international law, policy guidelines and best practice application

… 1 Table of contents 2 3 4 5 8 Executive summary 10 1 Introduction 12 … WATER GOVERNANCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IUCN Environmental Law Centre IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, … Union for the Conservation of Nature). 2009. Rule – Reforming Water Governance. Gland, Switzerland, …
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… This learning material is part of a course in the InforMEA e-learning platform, go to … Book Unit 2 - United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International … Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS Course:Introductory Course to the …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

B2 - Equitable and Reasonable Use of Water Resources in Practice

… This learning material is part of a course in the InforMEA e-learning platform, go to … water law and as seen through the lens of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and reviews the foundations … (Contd) The consequences for a State that violates a rule of international law are dealt with under the rules of
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards

… This learning material is part of a course in the InforMEA e-learning platform, go to … Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS Course:The "Greening" of Water Law: … significant harm is also known as the “no significant harm rule”. This obligation is widely considered, together with …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… 1997 by the UN General Assembly, the Convention on the Law of the Non- navigational Uses of International Watercourses … entry into force!” Dr. Owen McIntyre, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, University College Cork. … Environmental Law and Policy 337. Iza A and Stein R, eds, Rule – Reforming Water Governance (IUCN 2009). Paisely RK, …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… IUCN Environmental Law Programme Environmental Law Centre … Alejandro Iza Legal and Institutional Issues Governance of Shared Waters G overnance of S hared W aters – Legal and … States. What is necessary is to promote knowledge of the rule of law and of what such rules actually regulate. This …
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Share - Managing water across boundaries

… competing demands. This publica- tion provides an overview of the world’s shared water resources and guidance on … will provide greater benefits. These benefits can be environmental (benefits to the river), economic (benefits … transboundary water conflicts. Customary rules (e.g., the rule pacta sunt servanda which means that treaties have to be …
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Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… This learning material is part of a course in the InforMEA e-learning platform, go to … Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS Course:Introductory Course to the … Following adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater