Water law and cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris region : a comparative and interdisciplinary approach / edited by Aysegul Kibaroglu, Adele J. Kirschner, Sigrid Mehring, Rudiger Wolfrum.

With a special focus on normative questions of water governance in the relations between Iraq, Syria and Turkey, Water Law and Cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris Region: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach examines different issues of management regarding these shared waters.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Corporate Author: Advancing Cooperation in the Euphrates and Tigris Region (Conference) Okan University)
Other Authors: Kibaroğlu, Ayșegül (Editor), Kirschner, Adele J., Mehring, Sigrid, Wolfrum, Rüdiger (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • A survey of challenges and trends in the context of international water law / Rudiger Wolfrum and Adele J. Kirschner
  • International groundwater law in the Euphrates and Tigris region / Kerstin Mechlem
  • Governing international watercourses : implications of the human right to water / Pierre Thielborger
  • Transboundary water relations in the Euphrates and Tigris region / Aysegul Kibaroglu
  • Sharing and protecting the euphrates and tigris: legal status quo / Adele J. Kirschner and Katrin Tiroch
  • Advantages of marketable water rights in the Ttigris and Euphrates basin / Evin Wick
  • Dams on Euphrates and Tigris : impact and regulation through international law / Nicolas Bremer
  • Hydrology / Dr. Johannes Cullmann
  • Water law in Iraq : the present model for water resources protection / Yadgar Kamal Ahmmad
  • Water management laws in the Syrian Arab Republic / Rana Kharouf-Gaudig
  • Legal context in water management policy in Turkey : evolution of a complex framework in three stages / Vakur Sumer
  • EU water law and its relevance for the Euphrates and Tigris region / Ulrich Beyerlin
  • Procedural system of transboundary water cooperation in the Aral Sea basin / Dinara Ziganshina
  • The Jordan River : legal and institutional aspects / Marwan Haddad
  • The Amazon River Basin : features, history and legal framework / Lilian del Castillo-Laborde
  • International cooperation to protect the Rhine River : lessons to be learned for the Euphrates and Tigris region? / Katrin Tiroch
  • Sovereignty revisited-examining the rules of international law that govern transboundary water resources with a focus on upstream/downstream state practice-possible lessons learned for the Euphrates-Tigris / Patricia Wouters.