University of Geneva Conference "Transboundary Water Resources: Current Issues", 7 July 2011
The Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva (Platform for International Water Law; www.unige.ch/droit/eau) has the pleasure to invite you to an event on “Transboundary Water Resources: Current Issues”, taking place at UniMail on Thursday 7 July.
We would be grateful if you could indicate your participation in advance to christina.leb@unige.ch
Transboundary Water Resources:
Current Issues
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Location: Room
1170 – Law Faculty, University of Geneva – Uni MAIL – 40, Boulevard du Pont
d’Arve, 1205 Geneva – (Stop: Uni MAIL - Tram 15)
AGENDA
15:00 – 18:00
Chair:
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of
Geneva; Director, Platform for International Water Law, and Stephen
McCaffrey, Professor, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific;
Former Special Rapporteur on the law of the non-navigational uses of
international watercourses, International Law Commission
Actuality in
groundwater law:
- The Genevois
Aquifer – Gabriel de los Cobos, Department of Security, Police and
Environment, Canton of Geneva
- The
Guaraní Aquifer – Lilian del Castillo-Laborde, Professor, School of
Law, University of Buenos Aires
Resource management in
water scarce regions:
-
Transboundary water resources in the Middle East – François
Münger, Head, Water Initiatives Division, Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation, and Johan Gély, Program Manager, Water Initiatives Division,
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
16:15 – 16:30 COFFEE
BREAK
- The Senegal Basin – Makane Moïse Mbengue,
Lecturer, Platform for International Water Law, School of Law, University of
Geneva
- The Lake Chad Basin
– Amidou Garane, Lecturer, University of Ouagadougou
Water treaties
and their contribution to regional stability:
- India and Pakistan’s truculent cooperation: Is 50 years
enough?– Undala Alam, Lecturer, School of Politics, International
Studies and Philosophy, Queen’s University, Belfast
- Secession and succession in transboundary river basins
– Christina Leb and Mara Tignino, Research Fellows,
Platform for International Water Law, Faculty of Law, University of
Geneva
- Lessons Learned with
International Waters Governance in the Columbia River Basin –
Richard Paisley, Director, Global Transboundary International Waters
Governance Initiative, University of British Columbia
Contact information |
The Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva (Platform for International Water Law)
(email: christina.leb@unige.ch ) |
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Event type | Conference |
File link |
http://www.unige.ch/droit/eau |
Source | The Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva (Platform for International Water Law) |
Subject(s) | HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT |
Geographical coverage | Switzerland, |
Address | Room 1170 – Law Faculty, University of Geneva – Uni MAIL – 40, Boulevard du Pont d’Arve, 1205 Geneva – (Stop: Uni MAIL - Tram 15) |
Organizer | The Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva (Platform for International Water Law) |
Target audience | International |
Period | 07/07/2011 |
Status | Confirmed |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |