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UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… obligations, the nature of the obligation to protect watercourse ecosystems, etc. – and can honestly say that I’ve … - Design, Print and Marketing The User’s Guide to the UN Watercourse Convention is a reference guide for lawyers and … 69 1.2 Application 69 1.2.1 Legal and physical scope – watercourse system components and use 71 1.3 Additional …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

UN Watercourses Convention Online User´s Guide

21 Jun 2026 Video in Marine and Freshwater

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… include: Obligation to utilize an international watercourse in an equitable and reasonable manner; Duty to … planned measures that might affect other states sharing a watercourse. The fundamental nature of the principle of … reasonable sharing of the resources of an international watercourse”. Two other obligations may be added to the three …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

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

… 30 2.5 Nested and parallel watercourse … 31 2.6 Actors Created by Non-Watercourse Environmental Agreements … CHAPTER 3: INTERNATIONAL WATER LAW AND THE UNITED NATIONS WATERCOURSE CONVENTION … 99 5.7.2. Protecting the watercourse and ecosystem … in a manner that maintains the integrity of the watercourse and its ecosystem in order to achieve sustainable …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

A1- Integrating Environmental Concerns in International Water Law

… two or more States. These issues include protection of the watercourse, allocation of its waters, and assurance of … parties to allocation of water quantities and to protect watercourse ecosystems. This class focuses on the ways in … water law that is binding upon all States sharing a watercourse with one or more other States. The class also …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

B2 - Equitable and Reasonable Use of Water Resources in Practice

… equitable and reasonable use of an international watercourse? What are some practical (real-world) … of equitable and reasonable use of an international watercourse? 2. Introduction Every watercourse State has the right to use the waters within its …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Water Law and the Environment

… water law incorporates environmental concerns - Watercourse Convention 3.1. Equitable and reasonable … 2 (a) of the UN Watercourses Convention defines the term “watercourse” as “a system of surface waters and groundwaters … terminus.” It then Article 2 (b) defines “international watercourse” as “a watercourse, parts of which are situated …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… The Protocol on Civil Liability 2. Protocol on Shared Watercourse Systems in the Southern African Development … Objective Principle of unity and coherence of each shared watercourse Institutions 3. Agreements concerning specific … 2. Protocol on Shared Watercourse Systems in the Southern African Development …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… natural character; 1. The social and economic needs of the watercourse States concerned; 2. The population dependent on the watercourse in each watercourse State; 3. The effects of the use or uses of the …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards

… sharing transboundary water resources, also known as watercourse states, have an obligation to prevent, reduce and … territorial sovereignty. According to this theory, each watercourse state is entitled to use the waters of the watercourse within its territory on condition that it takes …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance