19-21 October 2010 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Details are available at:

is now posted on the website of the UN Audiovisual Library maintained by the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations, at http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ls/Yamada_IW.html. Lectures by AIDA members Stephen McCaffrey and Salman Salman on international watercourses (non-navigational uses) are also available in the Lecture Series

This seminar will bring together an interdisciplinary group of international water experts to discuss the experience gained by the Guarani Aquifer System states in the light of the current developments on international law of transboundary aquifers. Speakers will include experts who have collaborated with the

‘The EU reaffirms its commitment to the full realisation of all human rights, considering that all human rights derive from the inherent dignity of the human person. As an example of its firm commitment to the promotion and protection of the economic, social and cultural

Organisational Unit: International Governance for Sustainable Development Duty Station: Yokohama, Japan Reference Number: 2009/UNU/IAS/01 Application Deadline: 31 March 2010 Expected Start Date: May 2010 Duration of Appointment: 1 year (with the possibility of renewal) Information on UNU-IAS is available at www.ias.unu.edu. Responsibilities: The Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow will be expected to

UNESCO has convened an International Conference on ‘Transboundary Aquifers – Challenges and new directions’ in Paris, 6-8 December 2010. The United Nations General Assembly Resolution 63/124 of 11 December 2008, carrying ‘The law of transboundary aquifers’ (see AquaForum No.41) will be central to the Conference.

As previously announced on this site, AIDA was represented at the above meeting by its Honorary Chairman Dominique Michel Alhéritière. Thirty-two States, including all the States of the Mediterranean Basin, were represented, although nor Israel, nor Syria had sent official delegations. Also in attendance were

The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, University of Singapore, offers a research fellowship on the 'Future of the World’s Water'. This fellowship provides an opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research on the traditional and non-traditional drivers of change for water management

"Negotiation and mediation for water conflict management", in Delft, The Netherlands, 1-19 March 2010. The course will offer a recap of basic concepts in, and will introduce advanced processes related to, conflict resolution and cooperation building. It will provide in-depth skills training. Cases

The American Journal of International Law (issue No.103 of 2009) hosts an article by Prof. Stephen McCaffrey entitled "The International Law Commission adopts Draft Articles on Transboundary Aquifers". The article carries a critique of the draft Articles which were adopted by the UN International Law