Abstract

Having served as a Special Rapporteur for the United Nations International Law Commission's topic of Shared Natural Resources, the author was responsible for formulating the Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers, which was submitted to the United Nations General Assembly in 2008. In this article, the author discusses the background to the Draft Articles, their formulation in cooperation with hydrogeologists and groundwater administrators, the principles and concepts contained in the Draft Articles, positions of various states, and the future prospect of the Draft Articles.

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