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Contents Tables of Cases xiii Tables of National Laws xv Tables of Agreements, Treaties, etc. xvii List of Tables, Figures, and Maps xix List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xxi List of Contributors xxiii Introduction 1 Part 1 Trade of Fresh Water: Geopolitics, Law, and Economics 1 Cooperation or Confrontation: Sustainable Water Use in an International Context 9 Urs Luterbacher and Ellen Wiegandt 2 Water Transfers: A Means to Achieve Sustainable Water Use 35 A. Dan Tarlock 3 Water Transfers and International Trade Law 61 Edith Brown Weiss Part 2 Water Services, the GATS, and Related Issues 4 The Human Right to Water 91 Stephen C. McCaffrey 5 Water Services at the WTO 117 Mireille Cossy 6 GATS and its Impact on Private Sector Participation in Water Services 143 Elisabeth Tuerk, Aaron Ostrovsky, and Robert Speed 7 Economics of Water Services and the Right to Water 173 Henri Smets Part 3 Water, Subsidies, and Agriculture 8 Ground Water Regulation and Water Crisis Rhetoric: Syria as a Case Study 191 Ronald Jaubert and Mohamed Al-Dbiyat 9 Water, Agriculture, and Subsidies in the International Trading System 207 Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder Part 4 Water and Investment 10 Water-Related Investment: A European Perspective 233 Andreas R. Ziegler 11 International Investment Rules and Water: Learning from the NAFTA Experience 263 Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder and Edith Brown Weiss 12 Water Concessions, and Protection of Foreign Investments under International Law 289 Serge Pannatier and Olivier Ducrey 13 Local Communities and Water Investments 303 Philippe Cullet and Alix Gowlland-Gualtieri Part 5 Resolution of Water Disputes, with Special Emphasis on Economic Issues 14 Water and Economics: Trends in Dispute Settlement Procedures and Practice 331 Laurence Boisson de Chazournes 15 Transparency, Public Participation, and Amicus Curiae in Water Disputes 367 Makane Moïse Mbengue and Mara Tignino Appendix A: General Comment No. 15, The right to water (Articles 11 and 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) 407 Appendix B: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (extracts) 423 Appendix C: General Agreement on Trade in Services (extracts) 431 Appendix D: 1993 Statement by the Governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States 443 Appendix E: International Joint Commission, Protection of the Waters of the Great Lakes: Final Report to the Governments of Canada and the United States, February 22, 2000 (extracts) 445 Appendix F: North American Free Trade Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America, the Government of Canada, and the Government of the United Mexican States, Chapter 11 (extracts) 449 Appendix G: Bibliography 455 Appendix H: Water-related Websites 465 Index 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Water resources development -- Law and legislation.
Sustainable development -- Law and legislation.
Water resources development -- Economic aspects.