TY - JOUR
T1 - Water governance in the Mekong after the Watercourses Convention 35th ratification
T2 - Multilateral or bilateral approach?
AU - Ibrahim, Imad Antoine
N1 - Funding Information:
The research leading to these results has received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) under Research Executive Agency Grant Agreement No. 269327 for the project ‘Evaluating Policies for Sustainable Energy Investments: Towards an Integrated Approach on National and International Stage’, with the results coordinated by gLAWcal (Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development) and led by Professor Paolo Davide Farah. The author would like to thank the reviewers and the journal editors for their constructive comments to improve the manuscript. An earlier version of this manuscript was presented at the Annual Joint Workshop in Legal Studies, organized by the European University Institute and Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy, 6 November 2018.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/1/2
Y1 - 2020/1/2
N2 - The possible negative consequences of changes that are occurring in the Mekong River because of development activities are raising concerns. Scholars have been wondering whether multilateral or bilateral water treaties can be used by the states sharing the river to protect their interests. Moreover, the UN Watercourses Convention’s entry into force has made researchers question its potential impact on the management of shared freshwaters. This article will highlight the scenarios in which multilateral or bilateral treaties can be used to manage the Mekong River, taking into account the entry into force of the Watercourses Convention.
AB - The possible negative consequences of changes that are occurring in the Mekong River because of development activities are raising concerns. Scholars have been wondering whether multilateral or bilateral water treaties can be used by the states sharing the river to protect their interests. Moreover, the UN Watercourses Convention’s entry into force has made researchers question its potential impact on the management of shared freshwaters. This article will highlight the scenarios in which multilateral or bilateral treaties can be used to manage the Mekong River, taking into account the entry into force of the Watercourses Convention.
KW - Bilateral treaties
KW - Flexibility mechanisms
KW - International water law
KW - Mekong Agreement
KW - Multilateral treaties
KW - Watercourses Convention
KW - n/a OA procedure
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85069051011&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/07900627.2019.1636769
DO - 10.1080/07900627.2019.1636769
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85069051011
SN - 0790-0627
VL - 36
SP - 200
EP - 220
JO - International journal of water resources development
JF - International journal of water resources development
IS - 1
ER -