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My comments will deal with two issues. The first point is related to the characteristics of international water law, more precisely to the interplay of norms elaborated at the universal level with norms adopted at the regional, basin level or aquifer level. The second point will focus on dispute settlement mechanisms with an emphasis on joint bodies and commissions.
The law applicable to international watercourses and transboundary aquifers (hereinafter, the law applicable to freshwaters) comprises universally applicable norms, the content of which the International Law Commission (ILC) has codified and developed, as well as a large number of agreements developed at the basin or at regional level. A question about the interplay of norms elaborated at the universal level with norms adopted at the regional or basin level or aquifer level arises.1
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de Chazournes, L.B. (2009). Comment: Trends in the Law Applicable to Freshwaters. In: Nolte, G. (eds) Peace through International Law. Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht, vol 211. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03380-3_14
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