Nile Water Rights An International Law Perspective
The book provides a comprehensive assessment of the law governing the use and management of the Nile and considers, more broadly, how international water law can guide the development of a legal and institutional framework for cooperation over shared fres
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Nile Water Rights An International Law Perspective
Nile Water Rights
Philine Wehling
Nile Water Rights An International Law Perspective
Philine Wehling International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) Rome, Italy
ISBN 978-3-662-60795-4 ISBN 978-3-662-60796-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-60796-1
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Expanded text, based on the translation from the German language edition: Wasserrechte am Nil by Philine Wehling, © Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V., to be exercised by Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Heidelberg 2018. Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg. All Rights Reserved. © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin, Germany
Preface
Countries worldwide are placing ever-increasing demands on finite freshwater resources. The 11 states of the Nile Basin are no exception to this, and the high population growth throughout the basin will continuously increase their demand for the use of Nile water. In order to accommodate their competing usage interests while protecting the river and its ecosystem, effective cooperation between the Nile Basin states on the use and sustainable management of the river’s water is indispensable, and will become even more so in the future. International experience has shown that effective cooperation between states sharing a watercourse requires a sound legal and institutional framework. Establishing such a framework with the participation of all the Nile’s riparian states is a major hydro-political challenge—as is the case for riparian states of many other transboundary watercourses arou
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