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2nd annual International Law & Transboundary Freshwaters Workshop 2011
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The IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science, under the auspices of UNESCO hosted this successful international workshop on international law and transboundary freshwaters. Jointly organised with the Global Water Partnership and sponsored by Shepherd Wedderburn solicitors (Edinburgh), around 65 delegates from 29 countries took part, examining the functions of international water law, how it promotes regional peace and security, and reconciles competing claims over transboundary freshwaters.Professor Patricia Wouters, Director of the Dundee IHP-HELP Centre said, "Dundee contributes to addressing the world's transboundary water problems through its extensive international network of water resource experts. The Global Water Partnership scholarship has enabled enhancing national capacity on transboundary water law around the world. We have interacted this week with some of the globe's leading experts and it has been an insightful and inspirational week.' The Workshop constitutes the first week of the International Water Law module, which forms part of the Centre’s Water Law Water Leaders Programme. This will help to create a new generation of water leaders to implement locally devised and driven solutions to water issues.
August 1 - 5, 2011; University of Dundee, UK
Register: Online or, for invoice option, contact Hugh Gunn
“The challenges that humankind is now facing as a result of the global economic development, climate change and the growing world population are unprecedented. The need for a rule-based international society has never been greater.”
Ingvar Carlsson, Former Prime Minister of Sweden, 2008“I urge governments to recognize the urban water crisis for what it is – a crisis of governance, weak policies and poor management, rather than one of scarcity.”
Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, 2011Introduction
International law related to transboundary freshwater serves three basic functions: (1) it defines and identifies the legal entitlements and rights and obligations tied to water use, providing the prescriptive parameters for its development; (2) it provides a framework for ensuring the continuous integrity of the regime, i.e. through monitoring, regulation, compliance, stakeholder participation, dispute avoidance and settlement; and (3) it allows for rational modifications of the existing regime, in order to be able to adapt to the constantly changing needs and circumstances.
The purpose of the Workshop will be to explore these three functions of international law within the context of existing and potential challenges faced by transboundary basins (rivers, lakes and aquifers) throughout the world. It will benefit from the collective knowledge and expertise of world-renowned speakers, all of whom have a ‘real world’ focus.
Key Questions:
• What is international water law and how does it promote regional peace and security?
• How do international legal frameworks support national decision-making related to transboundary water resources planning and management?
• Who is entitled to transboundary freshwater resources – why and how?
• How does international law reconcile competing claims over transboundary freshwaters?
• How can states use international law to promote hydro-diplomacy?
Who should attend?
It will benefit anyone concerned with the world’s international watercourses, especially water resources experts, lawyers and non-lawyers, practitioners - including civil servants, policy makers, regulators and water suppliers - as well as academics, who wish to gain fresh insights into how international law can contribute to addressing existing and future challenges over the world’s transboundary freshwater resources.
Feedback from last year’s Workshop
"I had participated in many workshops and symposiums in different parts of the world. The International Law and Transboundary Fresh Waters Symposium and Workshop 2010 is unparalleled in terms of coverage, content, details and relevance." -
Fekahmed Negash Nuru, Ministry of Water Resources, Ethiopia
Scholarships:
This Workshop on International Law and Transboundary Freshwaters forms the first week of the IHP-HELP Centre’s Module on international water law, and the Centre has joined with the Global Water Partnership in offering 30 International Water Law module Scholarships for each of the next 5 years covering the full Module. The Scholarships, which are available to applicants from any of the 2300 partner organisations which comprise the Global Water Partnership, will allow participants to undertake the module in International Water Law, one of the core components of the IHP-HELP Centre’s Water Law Water Leaders summer programme.
Water Law Water Leaders Programme
International Water Law is one of the three core subject areas of our Water Law Water Leaders (WLWL) programme, alongside modules in National Water Law and the Regulation of Water Services.
Price, Terms and Conditions
Places are limited and early booking is highly recommended. The attendance fee for the symposium will be £1600 per delegate. A discounted early bird rate is available at £1440 if booking is secured by 1st June 2011. Registered student or not-for-profit Non-Governmental Organisations special rate: £800. Cancellations must be received in writing no later than 1st July 2011 in order to be eligible for partial refund. Substitutions for registered participants may be made at any time, but we would appreciate prior notification. We reserve the right to change the advertised presenters and agenda without prior notice to registered delegates.
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