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"Contents" [2013] ELECD 281; in Boisson de Chazournes, Laurence; Leb, Christina; Tignino, Mara (eds), "International Law and Freshwater" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013) v

Book Title: International Law and Freshwater

Editor(s): Boisson de Chazournes, Laurence; Leb, Christina; Tignino, Mara

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781005088

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

Contents
List of figures and tables viii
List of contributors ix
Foreword xiii
Acknowledgements xv
List of abbreviations xvi

1 Introduction 1
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Christina Leb and
Mara Tignino
2 The law of international watercourses: achievements and
challenges 24
Lucius Caflisch

PART I WATER AS A VITAL RESOURCE FOR STATES
AND INDIVIDUALS

3 Water security, perceptions and politics: the context for
international watercourse negotiations 37
David Grey and Dustin Garrick
4 Water and sanitation are human rights: why does it matter? 48
Catarina de Albuquerque
5 Water rights of indigenous peoples and local communities 69
Dinah Shelton
6 Do people have rights in boundaries' delimitations? 95
Marcelo Kohen and Mara Tignino

PART II THE PROMOTION OF WATER COOPERATION
THROUGH UNIVERSAL, REGIONAL AND
LOCAL REGIMES

7 The codification of universal norms: a means to promote
cooperation and equity? 125
Stephen C. McCaffrey

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8 A scalable approach towards realizing tangible benefits in
transboundary river basins and regions 140
Jakob Granit and Marius Claassen
9 Regional contributions to international water cooperation: the
UNECE contribution 155
Attila Tanzi
10 Transboundary water resources and international law: the
example of the aquifer management of the Geneva region
(Switzerland and France) 179
Gabriel de los Cobos
11 The Guaraní Aquifer Framework Agreement (2010) 196
Lilian del Castillo-Laborde
12 The Senegal River legal regime and its contribution to the
development of the law of international watercourses in Africa 217
Makane Moïse Mbengue

PART III WATER AS A SHARED ...