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The UNECE Protocol on Water and Health for the implementation of the right to drinking water and sanitation 欧洲经委会关于落实饮用水和卫生设施权的《水与健康议定书》

Research Handbook on International Water Law Pub Date : 2019-01-25 DOI: 10.4337/9781785368080.00030

A. Tanzi, Gian Maria Farnelli

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Europe: international water law and the EU Water Framework Directive 欧洲:国际水法和欧盟水框架指令

Research Handbook on International Water Law Pub Date : 2019-01-25 DOI: 10.4337/9781785368080.00039

Götz Reichert

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The Nile River Basin and its changing legal contours 尼罗河流域及其不断变化的法律轮廓

Research Handbook on International Water Law Pub Date : 2019-01-25 DOI: 10.4337/9781785368080.00038

Salman M. A. Salman

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From treaty practice to the UN Watercourses Convention 从条约实践到联合国水道公约

Research Handbook on International Water Law Pub Date : 2019-01-25 DOI: 10.4337/9781785368080.00012

A. Rieu-Clarke

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Implementation of the general duty to cooperate 履行一般的合作义务

Research Handbook on International Water Law Pub Date : 2019-01-25 DOI: 10.4337/9781785368080.00018

C. Leb

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The Permanent Court of International Justice, The International Court of Justice and international water law: versatility in consistency 常设国际法院、国际法院和国际水法:通用性和一致性

Research Handbook on International Water Law Pub Date : 2019-01-25 DOI: 10.4337/9781785368080.00032

L. B. D. Chazournes

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Water and international trade law 水与国际贸易法

Research Handbook on International Water Law Pub Date : 2019-01-25 DOI: 10.4337/9781785368080.00025

D. Magraw, D. Padmanabhan

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Introduction to the Research Handbook on International Water Law 《国际水法研究手册》导言

Research Handbook on International Water Law Pub Date : 2019-01-25 DOI: 10.4337/9781785368080.00010

S. Mccaffrey, C. Leb, Riley T. Denoon

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Environmental protection and the ecosystem approach 环境保护和生态系统方法

Research Handbook on International Water Law Pub Date : 2019-01-25 DOI: 10.4337/9781785368080.00020

O. McIntyre

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Water in international humanitarian law 国际人道主义法中的水

Research Handbook on International Water Law Pub Date : 2019-01-25 DOI: 10.4337/9781785368080.00026

Mara Tignino

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