This Manual is proposed as a tool for capacity-building in relation to
transboundary water conflict prevention and resolution, and to the legal and
institutional dimension of transboundary water resources governance. As water
management includes also dispute management, the Manual explores first dispute
management techniques, with particular attention to alternative dispute
resolution (ADR) that includes mediation and facilitation of negotiations. Next,
the Manual explores the legal and institutional dimension of the governance of
the water resources of transboundary rivers, lakes, and aquifers. Finally, the
interplay between the transboundary and the domestic legal and institutional
dimension is also canvassed in this Manual from two complementary angles: by
looking into general reflections of awareness of, attention to, and concern for,
transboundary rivers, lakes, and aquifers in States’ domestic water laws; and by
identifying ways for domestic water laws and institutions to align with the
rules agreed upon by the States concerned for the management, development, and
protection of their transboundary water resources.
Conflict
Law
Transboundary