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4 Laws of Transboundary Water Governance
Treaties
Treaty between the United States and Great Britain relating to Boundary Waters, and Questions
Arising between the United States and Canada, Washington, 11 January 1909
Convention and Statute on the Regime of Navigable Waterways of International Concern, Barcelona,
20 April 1921
General Convention Relating to the Development of Hydraulic Power Affecting More Than One
State Geneva, 9 December 1923
Treaty between the United States of America and Mexico relating to the utilization of the Waters
of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, Washington, 2 March 1944
Charter of the United Nations, San Francisco, 26 June 1945
Preliminary Convention for the Study of the Use of the Waters of the Lake Titicaca, Lima, 30 July
1955
Indus Waters Treaty, Karachi, 19 September 1960
Treaty on the Rio de la Plata Basin, Brasilia, 23 April 1969
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and Lakes, Helsinki, 17
March 1992
Agreement on the Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River Basin, Chieng
Rai, 5 April 1995
Protocol on Shared Watercourses in the Southern African Development Community, Johannesburg,
28 August 1995
Treaty between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh on sharing of the Ganga/Ganges waters at Farakka, New Delhi, 21
December 1996
Convention on the Law of Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses, New York, 21 May
1997
Agreement on the General Principles of the Rational Use and Protection of Transboundary Water
Bodies of the State Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Moscow, 11 September
1998
Agreement on the status of the International Fund for saving the Aral Sea and its organisations,
Ashgabat, 9 April 1999
Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses in the Southern African Development Community, Windhoek, 7 August 2000
Convention for the Prevention of Conflicts Related to the Management of Shared Water Resources
in Central Africa, Brazzaville, 22 December 2018
Cases
Case Relating to the Territorial Jurisdiction of the International Commission for the River Oder,
PCIJ, Series A, No. 23, 1929
Trail Smelter Arbitration (United States v. Canada) (1938, 1941) 3 RIAA 1905
Corfu Channel Case (United Kingdom v. Albania), ICJ Reports 1949, 4
Lake Lanoux Arbitration (France v. Spain) (1957) RIAA 281
Case Concerning the Gabˇ cíkovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary v. Slovakia), Judgement, ICJ Reports
1997, 7
4 Laws of Transboundary Water Governance
Treaties
Treaty between the United States and Great Britain relating to Boundary Waters, and Questions
Arising between the United States and Canada, Washington, 11 January 1909
Convention and Statute on the Regime of Navigable Waterways of International Concern, Barcelona,
20 April 1921
General Convention Relating to the Development of Hydraulic Power Affecting More Than One
State Geneva, 9 December 1923
Treaty between the United States of America and Mexico relating to the utilization of the Waters
of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, Washington, 2 March 1944
Charter of the United Nations, San Francisco, 26 June 1945
Preliminary Convention for the Study of the Use of the Waters of the Lake Titicaca, Lima, 30 July
1955
Indus Waters Treaty, Karachi, 19 September 1960
Treaty on the Rio de la Plata Basin, Brasilia, 23 April 1969
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and Lakes, Helsinki, 17
March 1992
Agreement on the Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River Basin, Chieng
Rai, 5 April 1995
Protocol on Shared Watercourses in the Southern African Development Community, Johannesburg,
28 August 1995
Treaty between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh on sharing of the Ganga/Ganges waters at Farakka, New Delhi, 21
December 1996
Convention on the Law of Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses, New York, 21 May
1997
Agreement on the General Principles of the Rational Use and Protection of Transboundary Water
Bodies of the State Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Moscow, 11 September
1998
Agreement on the status of the International Fund for saving the Aral Sea and its organisations,
Ashgabat, 9 April 1999
Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses in the Southern African Development Community, Windhoek, 7 August 2000
Convention for the Prevention of Conflicts Related to the Management of Shared Water Resources
in Central Africa, Brazzaville, 22 December 2018
Cases
Case Relating to the Territorial Jurisdiction of the International Commission for the River Oder,
PCIJ, Series A, No. 23, 1929
Trail Smelter Arbitration (United States v. Canada) (1938, 1941) 3 RIAA 1905
Corfu Channel Case (United Kingdom v. Albania), ICJ Reports 1949, 4
Lake Lanoux Arbitration (France v. Spain) (1957) RIAA 281
Case Concerning the Gabˇ cíkovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary v. Slovakia), Judgement, ICJ Reports
1997, 7