The governance regime of the Mekong River Basin : can the global water conventions strengthen the 1995 Mekong Agreement? / by Rémy Kinna and Alistair Rieu-Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinna, Rémy, author.

Rieu-Clarke, Alistair, author.

Series:

Brill Research Perspectives.

Brill research perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water resources development--Mekong River Watershed.

Water resources development.

Water-supply--Mekong River Watershed.

Water-supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 84 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, 2017.

Summary:

Entry into force of the UN Watercourses Convention in August 2014, and the opening of the UNECE Water Convention to all states in March 2016, are significant milestones in international water law. A comparative analysis of these two global water conventions and the 1995 Mekong Agreement reveals that all three instruments are generally compatible. Nonetheless, the international legal principles and processes set forth in the two conventions can render the Mekong Agreement more up-to-date, robust and practical. The Governance Regime of the Mekong River Basin: Can the Global Water Conventions Strengthen the 1995 Mekong Agreement? contends that strengthening the Agreement would be timely, given the increasing pressures associated with the rapid hydropower development within the basin and the gradually emerging disputes therein. Due to these fast-moving developments, Kinna and Rieu-Clarke strongly recommend that the Mekong states should seriously consider joining both conventions in order to buttress and clarify key provisions of the 1995 Mekong Agreement.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (JSTOR, viewed June 15, 2020).

ISBN:

90-04-34570-1

OCLC:

982432141

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004345706 DOI