Softness in the Law of International Watercourses: The (E)merging Normativities of China's Lancang-Mekong Cooperation

IF 2.6 1区 社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
David J. Devlaeminck
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Abstract

Abstract The law of international watercourses consists mainly of a series of bilateral, multilateral, regional, and global agreements that establish binding rules through which state parties jointly manage transboundary water resources. China similarly manages its shared freshwaters through a series of bilateral agreements. Increasingly, however, it relies on non-binding soft law instruments to manage these resources with its riparian neighbours. An important example of this is the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, a branch of the Belt and Road Initiative. Its use of soft instruments, which recognize international law and promote projects, displays evidence of merging and emerging normativities, ensuring that it is capable of playing both a supporting and a developmental role in the law of international watercourses.
国际水道法的软性:中国澜沧江-湄公河合作的融合规范
摘要国际水道法主要由一系列双边、多边、区域和全球协议组成,这些协议确立了具有约束力的规则,缔约国通过这些规则共同管理跨界水资源。中国同样通过一系列双边协议来管理其共享淡水。然而,它越来越依赖于不具约束力的软性法律文书来与沿岸邻国管理这些资源。这方面的一个重要例子是“一带一路”倡议倡议的一个分支——澜沧合作。它对承认国际法和促进项目的软文书的使用,显示了合并和新兴规范的证据,确保它能够在国际水道法中发挥支持和发展作用。
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