Shared water resources in West Africa
Subtitle: relevance and application of the UN watercourses and the UNECE water conventions
By: by Nwamaka Chigozie Odili
Edition: Paperback book edition.
Series: International water law; Brill research perspectives; Brill research perspectives; Brill research perspectives
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9789004364820; 9789004364837
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Water security
Description: "This work, Shared water resources in West Africa : relevance and application of the UN watercourses and the UNECE water conventions, addresses the question of whether riparian states in West Africa need to be parties to both the UN Watercourses Convention and the UNECE Water Convention, both of which have influenced current water regimes in the region. The initial transboundary water instruments in the region dealt primarily with navigation, later agreements addressed the need for cooperation, while recent regimes incorporate other principles of international water law articulated in the UN water treaties. Although only six out of its numerous shared watercourses are currently regulated by legal instruments, West Africa contributed through these agreements to the development of international water prior to the adoption of the UN Watercourses and the UNECE Water Conventions in the 1990s."--Back cover.
Notes: "This paperback edition is simultaneously published as issue 3.1 (2018) of International Water Law"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-98).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Transboundary water systems in West Africa --; title: Understanding the UN Watercourses Convention and the 1992 UNECE Water Convention --; title: Current transboundary treaty architecture in West Africa (post 1990) --; title: Assessment of the UNECE Water Convention framework of implementation from the West African perspective ---- Conclusion.