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Zusatztext ...goes beyond more traditional, restricted, understandings of legal aspects related to water. Its conclusions will be a most valid contribution to discussion concerning the development of international economic law. It should unreservedly become an obligatory source of reference for administrators, regulators, practitioners and scholars. Informationen zum Autor Edith Brown Weiss is Francis Cabell Brown Professor of International Law at Georgetown University, Washington DC.Laurence Boisson de Chazournes is Head of the Department of Public International Law and International Organisation in the Faculty of Law at the University of Geneva.Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder is a Managing Attorney at the Geneva Office of the Centre for International Environmental Law. Klappentext Fresh water resources are at the same time ecological, economic, social, and cultural goods and must be managed accordingly. The laws and policies favouring privatization, trade and investment liberalization and the laws and policies governing water resources, environmental protection, and human rights intersect and may clash. This book addresses the key interdisciplinary issues that increasingly confront policy makers, international institutions, tribunals, the private sector, and other bodies in dealing with fresh water resources. Are governments free to decide whether or not to export water resources? Can foreign investors sue host states for adopting measures to control water pollution? Can international trade rules be used to reduce or eliminate water related subsidies? Do rules on the liberalization of water services affect domestic and international human rights obligations relating to water supply? How do the procedural rights of states, individuals, affected communities and investors affect decisions regarding the right to drinking water, the rights of investors to exploit water resources, and the rights of governments to protect their lakes, rivers and groundwater? Zusammenfassung The laws and policies favouring privatization, trade and investment liberalization and the laws and policies governing water resources, and human rights intersect and may clash. This book addresses the key interdisciplinary issues that confront policy makers, international institutions, and other bodies in dealing with fresh water resources. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables and Figures List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction Part 1 Trade of Fresh Water: Geopolitics, Law, and Economics 1: Urs Luterbacher and Ellen Wiegandt: Cooperation or Confrontation: Sustainable Water Use in an International Context 2: A. Daniel Tarlock: Water Transfers: A Means to Achieve Sustainable Water Use 3: Edith Brown Weiss: Water Transfers and International Trade Law Part 2 Water Services, the GATS and Related Issues 4: Stephen C. McCaffrey: The Human Right to Water 5: Mireille Cossy: Water Services at the WTO 6: Elizabeth Tuerk, Aaron Ostrovsky and Robert Speed: GATS and its Impact on Private Sector Participation in Water Services 7: Henri Smets: Economics of Water Services and the Right to Water Part 3 Water Subsidies and Agriculture 8: Ronald Jaubert and Mohamed Al-Dbiyet: Ground Water Regulation and Water Crisis Rhetoric: Syria as a Case Study 9: Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder: Water, Agriculture and Subsidies in the International Trading System Part 4 Water and Investment 10: Andreas Ziegler: Water-Related Investment: A European Perspective 11: Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder and Edith Brown Weiss: International Investment Rules and Water: Learning from the NAFTA Experience 12: Serge Pannatier and Olivier Ducrey: Water Concession and Protection of Foreign Investments Under International Law 13: Philippe Cullet and Alix Gowlland: Local Communities and Water Investments Part 5 Resolution of Water Disputes, with Special Emphasis on Economic I...
