The conference was co-organized jointly by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Platform for International Water Law of the University of Geneva, with the financial support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
The conference provided an opportunity to analyse current trends and innovative thinking for the involvement of non-state actors in the management of freshwater resources. It also provided a platform to discuss good practices to ensure public participation in decision-making for freshwater resources management and access to justice.
More information is available at: http://www.unige.ch/droit/eau/conferences/2013/ConfPP2013_en.html
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| Draft programme of the conference | ||
| List of participants |
| Presentations | ENG |
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| Session 1: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND ITS REGIONAL VARIANTS | |
| Public participation and the Protocol on Water and Health Chantal Demilecamps, UNECE |
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| Public participation in the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River Benedikt Mandl, ICPDR |
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| The Guarani Aquifer Agreement and the role of non-State actors Francesco Sindico, University of Strathclyde |
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| The state of the integrated water resources management process in the of the Niger Basin: the experience of the involvement of non-state actors Robert Dessouassi, Observatory of the Niger Basin (ABN) |
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| Public participation in the Senegal River Basin Development Organization Komlan Sangbana, University of Geneva |
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| The principle of public participation and the International Joint Commission between Canada and United States Mara Tignino, University of Geneva |
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| Session 2: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, COMPLIANCE AND SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES | |
| Public participation in water resources management, the Aarhus Convention and its innovative compliance mechanism Fiona Marshall, UNECE |
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| The Bystroe case and the Implementation Committee of the Espoo Convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context Félix Zaharia, Vice-chair of the Espoo Convention Implementation Committee |
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| Justice by any other name? The complaint mechanisms of development banks Vanessa Richard, University of Aix-Marseille |
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| Access to water and human rights courts Owen McIntyre, University College of Cork |
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| Session 3: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: THE ROLE OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTORS | |
| The interactions between international law and domestic law: the case of India Philippe Cullet, University of London |
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| Public participation in the case of Rhone River, a new reading in terms of social, substantial and procedural efficiency Géraldine Pflieger and Christian Bréthaut, University of Geneva |
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| Public participation in river basin joint bodies: the role of NGOs Serhiy Vykhryst, European ECO-Forum |