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

… “Institutional Challenge” ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This paper was developed by the Division of Environmental Law and … the legal front, watercourse treaties have existed for at least 5000 years. Indeed, the first recorded treaty of any … and hydropower development. It has focal points in each country, the National Mekong Committees, that coordinate work …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… paper is a draft paper which will be completed, further developed and refined in the coming weeks. Its preliminary … or the ecosystem approach, they have been supportive in at least two ways. Firstly, in 2000 the 5th COP (COP-5) to the … Second, while LME “champions” claim that “the projects are country driven” (Sherman and Hempel 2008), they are still …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… state, for example, is said to share fresh water with at least one other country, and many share it with multiple countries. … in regard to which the law has not yet been sufficiently developed in the practice of states.’71 The ‘codification of …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater