Webinar #2
Date: Wednesday, December 11 from 16:30 to 18:00 (CET)
Speakers: Kirstin Conti (IGRAC), Stefano Burchi (AIDA), Annukka Lipponen (UNECE), Gabriel Eckstein (Texas A&M University School of Law)
Agenda:
16:30 – 16:35: “Introduction to series of webinars and GEF IW-LEARN” by Kirstin Conti
16:35 – 16:45: “The Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers” by Gabriel Eckstein
16:45 – 16:55: “The Role of National Groundwater Law in the International Sphere?” by Stefano Burchi
16:55 – 17:05: “The UNECE Water Convention” by Annukka Lipponen
17:05 – 17:55: Moderated discussion with participants
17:55 – 18:00: Closing
Discussion Questions:
1. What are your views on the emergence of ‘international groundwater law’? How do you think it is relevant to groundwater governance?
2. In your opinion, what are the challenges of creating and implementing groundwater law at the local, national or international level?
3. How do you think groundwater law could help improve access to water for human needs and/or fulfill a ‘human right to water’? How can it protect and preserve groundwater systems at the same time?
Presentations:
Gabriel Eckstein Annukka Lipponen Stefano Burchi
Recorded Video of the Session:
Related Resources:
- Internationally Shared (Transboundary) Aquifer Resources Management, Int'l Assoc. of Hydrogeologists and UN Econ., Social., and Cultural Org. (2001) = http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001243/124386e.pdf
- Puri, Shammy and Aurlie, Alice (Eds.), Atlas of Transboundary Aquifers, UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization - International Hydrological Programme (2009) =http://www.isarm.org/publications/324
- R.M. Stephan (Ed.), Transboundary Aquifers: Managing a Vital Resource - The UNILC Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization International Hydrological Programme (2009) =http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/bibliography/UN/UNESCO/Stephan-Transboundary_Aquifers.pdf
- Salman, Salman M.A. (Ed.), Groundwater: Legal and Policy Perspectives Proceedings of a World Bank Seminar, World Bank Technical Paper No. 456 (1999) = http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/1999/12/30/000094946_99122006354976/Rendered/PDF/multi_page.pdf
- Burchi, S. & Mechlem, K., Groundwater in International Law: Compilation of Treaties and Other Legal Instruments, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Legislative Study #86 (2005) =http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1259042
- Eckstein, Gabriel “Rethinking Transboundary Ground Water Resources Management: A Local Approach along the Mexico-U.S. Border,” Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, Vol. 25(1), pp. 95–128 (2013), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2254081
- Eckstein, Gabriel “Managing Buried Treasure Across Frontiers: The International Law of Transboundary Aquifers,” Water International, Vol. 36(5), pp. 573-583 (2011) = http://ssrn.com/abstract=1924469
- Eckstein, Gabriel “Transboundary Aquifers: Conceptual Models for Development of International Law” Ground Water, Vol. 43, 679-690 (2005) (co-authored with Prof. Yoram Eckstein, Kent State University), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=900244
- Lipponen, Annukka, Brochure on the Water Convention http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/water/publications/brochure/Brochures_Leaflets/A4_trifold_en_web.pdf
- Lipponen, Annukka, Guide to implementing the Water Convention http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/water/publications/WAT_Guide_to_implementing_the_WC/ECE_MP.WAT_39_Guide_to_implementing_water_convention_small_size_ENG.pdf
- Lipponen, Annukka, Brochure "The global opening of the 1992 UNECE Water Convention" http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/water/publications/brochure/Opening_brochure.pdf
- Lipponen, Annukka, Second Assessment of Transboundary Rivers, Lakes and Groundwaters. Link to the different components of the publication: http://www.unece.org/env/water/publications/pub/second_assessment.html
- Lipponen, Annukka, The whole assessment as a file: http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/water/publications/assessment/English/ECE_Second_Assessment_En.pdf
