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Caflisch, Lucius --- "Settlement of disputes concerning international watercourses" [2018] ELECD 1244; in Tignino, Mara; Bréthaut, Christian (eds), "Research Handbook on Freshwater Law and International Relations" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 234

Book Title: Research Handbook on Freshwater Law and International Relations

Editor(s): Tignino, Mara; Bréthaut, Christian

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781785360640

Section: Chapter 10

Section Title: Settlement of disputes concerning international watercourses

Author(s): Caflisch, Lucius

Number of pages: 25

Abstract/Description:

This chapter deals with the peaceful settlement of watercourse disputes between riparian States. It begins by describing the codification of the relevant law in the field of dispute settlement: the 1966 Helsinki Rules. It then focuses on the work of the International Law Commission and its Special Rapporteurs, and on the negotiation of the 1997 Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses. This is followed by a subdivision on settlement clauses in international treaties, in particular in the 1997 Convention, and by an analysis of the judicial and arbitral practice on the subject: Lake Lanoux, Gab_ikovo-Nagymaros, Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay, and Kishenganga. The Chapter ends with a series of conclusions.