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Dinara, Wilma and Terry during WLWL 2010
Researcher, almuna and staff shared time-out at WLWL 2010

Water Law Water Leaders

The Water Law Water Leaders (WLWL) summer programme forms the heart of the teaching delivered by the IHP-HELP Centre. The aim is to develop a new generation of local water leaders globally.

WLWL modules cover the three core areas of water law - international water law, comparative national water law, and the regulation of water services. Each lasts three week (or two weeks without assessment). There is also an online WLWL transferable skills for water law module.


Group shot from the International Water Law Symposium
WLWL delegates on the International Water Law module and Symposium

Qualification Options

Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) - successfully complete all three water law modules, or any two plus the induction module. Duration: 7 to 10 weeks, depending on modules taken, June - July or August 2011.

Successfully complete all four WLWL modules as part of studying for a full Masters (LLM) in Water Law or Masters (LLM) Water Governance and Conflict Resolution which you can decide to do from the outset or during your PGCert study. Duration: minimum two years for part-time study.

There is additionally a further interim award option mid-way between the PGCert and the LLM: this is the Postgraduate Diploma. Again all four WLWL modules are required; & you can decide to transfer to this award during your WLWL summer tuition.

These modules also form part of the interdisciplinary . For enquiries, please contact course leader Dr Sarah Hendry s.m.hendry@dundee.ac.uk
WLWL group during NWL modules, 2011
WLWL group after M Charrin talk at the IHP-HELP Centre, July 2011

Water Law Water Leaders guest seminar, July 2011

The IHP-HELP Centre hosted, on the 20.7.11, a visit from M Jean-Benoit Charrin, Director of WaterLex, an Non-Governmental Organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland. Waterlex promotes the human right to water in a development context, and M Charrin gave a class on the human right to water to this year's Water Law Water Leaders Masters students. M Charrin additionally gave a talk on the work of Waterlex to staff and students at the IHP-HELP Centre.