2017 can, and indeed should, be called “the Year of Water Law.” A number of water lawyers have been honored by organizations and associations across the globe for their significant contribution to the legal field of knowledge in water resources management. Dr. Salman Salman received the

Ms Mara Tignino, member of AIDA and of the Secretariat of the Global High Level Panel on Water and Peace at the Geneva Water Hub, attended the ceremony for the launch of the report ‘A Matter of Survival’. The Panel was launched in 2015 by

At the international conference ‘Rules of Water, Rules for Life’, organized by the Milan Center for Food Law and Policy at Milano, Italy, on 27- 28th September, 2017, Ms Mara Tignino, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Coordinator of the Platform for International

This book provides a comprehensive review of the state of international law as it applies to transboundary groundwater resources and aquifers. The main focus is on recent developments and the emerging international law for transboundary aquifers as reflected in the practice of states and the

This monograph analyzes the three general approaches to water allocation between riparian states to certain shared watercourses in the United States, namely equitable apportionment, congressional apportionment, and inter-state compacts. This analysis is accompanied by a discussion and evaluation of the different cases of shared watercourses

This Special Issue of Water International undertakes a scholarly assessment of the state of the art of the law and policy on groundwater and climate change at the international, regional and national levels. It was produced out of papers presented at workshops organized within a

The second edition of the online course on "International Water Law and the Law of Transboundary Aquifers", taught by experts of the Platform for International Water Law/Geneva Water Hub, will start on 19 September, 2017. The deadline for applications is 11 September, 2017. Full and partial scholarships are

International law has experienced major developments in the past decades, which take into account the multifaceted nature of freshwater management and protection. Adopting universal, regional and river-basin tools stresses the importance of studying the evolution of international legal frameworks for water resources, and for identifying

Natural Justice: Lawyers for Communities and the Environment is a non-profit organisation, specialising in human rights and environmental law, operating on the African continent and at the regional (African Commission) and international (UN) levels. It is a team of progressive legal practitioners who conduct comprehensive

Also produced under the Water Diplomacy project, this report was authored by Yumiko Yasuda (The Hague Institute for Global Justice; ICWC; SIWI; Uppsala University), Juliane Schillinger (The Hague Institute for Global Justice), Patrick Huntjens (The Hague Institute for Global Justice), Charlotte Alofs (The Hague Institute