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a rule of general international law 22, 261
absolute sovereignty 24, 27, 89, 127, 263
absolute territorial integrity 7, 23, 25, 27, 126, 127, 156, 165, 259
absolute territorial sovereignty 7, 23, 24, 25, 126, 127
abuse of rights 27, 89, 187, 220, 263
aggression and genocide 253
Aichi Biodiversity Targets 44
apec 12, 350
aquifer 32, 52, 86, 92, 131
asean 12, 350
Asian Infrastructure and Development Bank 12, 350
Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee 76
basin organisations 21
best available scientific evidence 223
Cambodia 344, 345, 346, 351
Cape Verde 211
chemical substances 62, 137
China 12, 24, 186, 203, 204, 205, 218, 315, 330, 335, 340, 350
climate change 3, 6, 12, 43, 44, 47, 321, 355
coastal State 129, 190, 198, 200, 204, 205, 214, 216
codification process 22, 28, 67
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf 224
common heritage of mankind 229, 230, 238
common terminus 31, 51, 55
communitarian interests 3
communitarian values 1, 3
community interest 194
community of interest 10, 11, 15, 23, 26, 27, 128, 154, 156, 219, 249, 291
complementarity 32, 33
complete freedom of action 24
conservation 197
consultation 337
contiguous zones 193
Cordillera del Condor 60
Corpus Iuris Civilis (or Codex Theodosianus) 17
Council of Europe 76
Critical theory 251
cultural origins 18
Denmark 238
diversion of waters 24, 144, 165
divortium aquarum 58, 59
doctrine of obligations omnium 271
drainage basins 3, 21, 44, 51, 58, 61
drought 6, 56, 63, 65, 168, 334, 344
due diligence obligation 89, 308
due regard 180, 219
due regard analysis 211, 218, 220, 224, 226, 239, 242, 245
due regard formula 218, 224, 241, 242
due regard norm 238
due regard provisions 221, 226, 233
duty of cooperation 70, 168, 285
duty of good faith 220
ecosystem approach 2, 9, 14, 32, 331
ecosystems of international watercourses 90, 331
Ecuador 60
Ecuador-Peru Mixed Border Commission 60
eez 185
environmental due-regard formula 240
environmental impact assessments 9, 87, 202, 312, 313, 322, 338
environmental interference 27
Equitable participation 167, 168
erosion 46, 56, 168, 334
estuaries 91
exchange of data 337
exclusive jurisdiction 24, 210
exclusive use 27, 182, 193, 194, 229, 263
exclusive uses of resources 182
factorial approach 242
Finland 238, 264
fish migration 345, 346
flag State 210, 211, 217
flood control 17, 56, 61, 65, 167
formal water law 17
France 238
freedom of exploration 228
Freedom of the High Seas 222
Freedoms of the Air 233
freshwater biodiversity 6, 32, 44, 48, 355
Gambia 211
Germany 206, 264
good neighbourliness 64, 88, 89, 283
Greece 238
groundwaters 31, 52, 55, 59
Guinea 211
Guinea-Bissau 211, 216
Harmon doctrine 24, 27
hierarchy 93
high seas 193
Hindu Arthashastra 18
Hindu Kush Himalaya 13
human right to water 43
human rights violations 253, 325
Hungary 26, 36, 40, 57, 156, 249, 286, 288, 290, 293, 295, 296, 297, 300, 301, 304, 305, 359
hydraulic power 34, 62, 137, 166
hydrographic basin 58, 61
Iceland 184, 206
idea of law 17
illegal logging 326
illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing 205
impossibility of performance of the Treaty 288
indeterminacy 8, 13, 148, 169
India 5, 13, 24, 47, 321, 349
indigenous community property 327
Indus River 24, 321
Institute of International Law 21, 61, 76, 117, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140
Inter-American Bar Association 61, 76
internal waters 193
International Civil Aviation Organization 221
international community as a whole 251, 266, 275, 278, 280, 282
international co-operation 89
international drainage basins 59
International Law Association 21, 57, 61, 76, 142
International Law Commission 21
international peace and security 27, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 250
international river basins 3, 53, 356
internationally wrongful act 26, 291, 292, 293, 295, 300
Iraq 264
irrigation 21, 25, 46, 53
Israel 239
joint commissions 338
joint mechanisms 338
jus cogens 248
law as it is 29, 102, 104, 105, 106, 113, 117, 177
Laws of Manu 18
Lebanon 264
legal positivism 17, 18
lex ferenda 29
lex generalis 285
lex posterior 285
lex prior 285
lex specialis 285
limited territorial sovereignty 23, 25, 35, 165
loss and damage to property 3
Lower Mekong 12, 24, 339, 340, 349, 351
lower riparian 7, 58, 80, 104, 110, 154, 156, 176, 259, 263
marine environment 41, 91, 204, 213, 218, 315, 330, 331
Marine Protected Area 198
Mauritania 211
Mauritius 183
Mekong Balance 341
Mekong River 12, 16, 24, 337, 339, 340, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 350
Mekong River Commission 12, 337, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 350
Mekong States 339, 340, 342, 344, 345
minimum environmental flows 14
mitigate water risk 2
natural flow 25, 127, 165
navigational uses 19
Netherlands 209, 264
new or alien species 91
non-interference 229, 253
non-navigational uses 21
non-State actors 302
normative paradigm 73, 74
norms of conservation and preservation 40
obligation to cooperate 337
obligations erga omnes 234, 257, 275, 280, 281, 359
opinio juris 39, 255, 269, 270, 273, 274
ordinary meaning 45, 50, 51, 102, 103, 105, 183, 199, 247, 284, 358
outer space 226
pacta sunt servada 103, 254
Pakistan 24, 321, 349
Palestinian Occupied Territories 239
Pan American Union 76
Panama 216
pcij 20, 262, 294
peremptory norms 256, 257, 271, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 280, 281, 359
perfect equality of States 26, 128, 155, 219, 292
permanent sovereignty over natural resources 14, 130, 131, 135, 150, 151, 171
persistent objector 272
Peru 60
Philippines 203
pollutants 62, 137
polluter-pays principle 89
pollution 90
Portugal 264
precautionary principle 89, 92
present and future generations 229
prevention of the risk of harm 2
principle of approximate application 290
principle of common but differentiated responsibility 89
principle of equal rights 283
principle of equitable and reasonable utilisation 84
principle of good neighbourliness 27, 64, 89, 263
principle of preventative action 89
principle of sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas 132
principle of sustainable development 89
prior consultation 87
prior notification 87, 337
progressive development of law 22, 28, 29, 162, 250, 326
reasonable regard 180, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 195, 205, 206, 208, 209, 215, 244
reasonableness test 181
refugees and migrants 3
right of self-determination 252
right of veto 25, 154, 156, 259
Rio San Francisco 59
Rio Yaupi 59
Roman Water Law 17
rule of law 27, 73, 195
rules of recognition 256
Russia 209, 238
salt water intrusion 56
Santiago River 60
science and technology 18
sedimentation 56, 346
Senegal 211
shared watercourse 3, 54, 58, 62, 68, 70, 71, 73, 84, 97, 104, 114, 153, 176, 178, 203, 331, 332, 338, 348
shortages 1, 2, 12, 31, 349, 354, 355, 356
sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas 27, 62, 64, 89, 96, 126, 129, 130, 132, 135, 136, 152, 263, 310, 360
Sierra Leone 211
significant transboundary harm 25, 74, 89, 145, 176, 313, 315, 320, 321, 322, 323, 329, 335, 348
Slovakia 26, 40, 128, 156, 178, 249, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 300, 301, 304, 305, 318, 359
social structures 18
South Africa 264
sovereign equality 126, 129, 130, 131, 132, 134, 220, 244, 265, 283, 360
sovereignty 253
standard clause 22, 261
state of necessity 288, 289, 294, 318, 359
State practice 29, 38, 65, 241, 254, 313
state sovereignty 261
State-centric approach 2, 7, 14, 357
Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission 211
surface waters 31, 48, 52, 55, 57
Sustainable Development Goals 42, 43
sustainable management of shared living resources 212
sustainable utilisation 9, 15, 41, 79, 98, 215, 339
Sweden 238
Syria 24
systemic indifference 2
territorial sea 193
the principle not to cause significant harm 85
theories of utilisation 23
Tibetan Plateau 12
Tigris-Euphrates River 24
torture 253
transboundary aquifers 31, 32, 52, 86, 92, 131
treaty reservations 256, 280
tributaries 20, 51, 52, 58
Turkey 24, 238
UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf 200
UN General Assembly 21
UN Millennium Development Goals 43
unece 43
unequivocal right 24
unesco 43
unilateral 24, 128, 145, 146, 189, 194, 206, 292, 294, 328, 353, 359
United Kingdom 183, 206
United Nations Development Programme 339
universalistic approach 271
unjust enrichment 27, 263
unlimited sovereignty 24
unreasonable interference 261
unrestricted sovereignty 20
upper riparian 58
use of force 237, 267, 268, 269, 271, 272, 273, 281
Vandenberg amendment 272
Vietnam 344, 345, 347, 350
Water Basins 3
water flow 32, 334
water governance 4, 6, 9, 12, 17, 26, 32, 77, 354, 355
Water law systems 18
water stress 1, 2, 4, 31, 42, 349
water systems 18, 109
water treaties 322, 354
Yaupi River 60
Zamora River 60
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