The management of water resources faces environmental, climatic, political and economic challenges. In this changing environment, innovative policies should be designed to foster collaboration between states, civil society and the private sector. To this end, practitioners and decision-makers need to develop new analytical skills. The objective of the “Water Governance: Framework and Negotiations” Summer School programme is to provide skills and knowledge based on the latest scientific research applicable in professional contexts. Participants will learn how to use water governance tools ..read more

On occasion of the World Water Day and the event to launch the Annual UN WWDR on Water for Peace organised by UNESCO at Paris on 22 March, 2024, AIDA would like to organise a get-together for members, including prospective members. If any of you are attending the event or are in the city, we would like to set up a meeting for everyone who wishes to exchange ideas and meet other members. We can hold discussions on World Water Day, get to know each other, or simply enjoy some well deserved croissants! You can express your interest in meeting by contacting Laure-Elise Mayard by email at laure-Eli ..read more

Please join us for a special webinar on the Role of Water Law for Fostering Water and Peace, which will be held on 25 March at 10am NYC | 3pm Paris. You may register at https://bit.ly/4bwyqmS. The event is co-hosted by the International Association for Water Law and UN Water.  ..read more

Organized by AIDA in collaboration with UN-Water, this webinar aims to contribute to the UN-Water World Water Day 2024 campaign Water for Peace by addressing how water law, at the domestic and international levels, has been and can continue to be used to facilitate water as a means for achieving peace, and contribute to good water cooperation and governance. Lawyers and hydrologists will provide an interdisciplinary perspective and engage on this important topic of promoting and achieving peace through water. The webinar will take place at 10am-11:30am New York / 3pm-4:30pm Paris / 1 ..read more

In August 2023, the Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal published an article titled Fisheries and Fishing under International Water Law: A Dialogue Between Professor Gabriel Eckstein and Professor Paul Stanton Kibel. This article developed from an April 2023 webinar (organized by Golden Gate University School of Law) on International Law Aspects of Fisheries and Hydropower in Europe. Gabriel Eckstein currently serves as Chairman of the AIDA Executive Council and Paul Stanton Kibel currently serves as Projects Chair on the AIDA Executive Council ..read more

On 15 November, 2023, AIDA member Dr Salman M.A. Salman received from the Legal Vice Presidency of the World Bank the Alumni Award 2023 in recognition of the contribution he made while working at the Bank and after retirement. One major area of attention for him has been, and is, to ensure that work in the field of international water law tallies fully with the established and evolving principles of international law, and with international practice. For that purpose, he has devoted ample efforts to research and training. Dr Salman is the author of numerous publications on topics relevant to i ..read more

This webinar, by the title “The evolving legal framework for the management and governance of groundwater – domestic and transboundary”, will take place on Monday, 7 August 2023, at 2:00 – 3:30 pm. The following topics will be discussed: emerging directions – a comparative overview (speaker: Stefano Burchi, Chair of the IUCN WCEL Water and Wetlands SG); The approaches and experience of South Africa (Barbara Van Koppen, Scientist Emerita at the International Water Management Institute); The approaches and experience of India (Gayathry Naik, Assistant Professor of Law at the National Law School ..read more

The links to the Webinar on International Law Aspects of Fisheries and Hydropower in Europe, which was held on 10-11 April, 2023, are now available online, as follows: GGU CUEL Int’l Law Aspects of Fisheries and Hydropower in Europe Conference 4.10.2023      https://vimeo.com/833757247/8a785db0f8 GGU CUEL Int’l Law Aspects of Fisheries and Hydropower in Europe Conference 4.11.2023      https://vimeo.com/833757666/cd2689a925 The webinar was co-sponsored by AIDA and the Center on Urban Environmental Law (CUEL) at Golden Gate Universi ..read more

European Union (EU) law and international law contain provisions to conserve fisheries and prevent the extinction of endangered fish species. EU law and international law also contain provisions to address global warming by seeking to transition from energy sources that produce greenhouse gas emissions (such as coal and oil) to renewable energy sources that do not (such as hydropower). Because the on-stream dams that produce hydropower often have significant adverse impacts on fisheries, these two trajectories of EU law and international law can be in conflict. This is especially true in the W ..read more

This Side Event, featuring diplomats, legal scholars, and Supreme Court justices from around the world, will discuss the contents and implications of the 2018 Brasília Declaration of Judges on Water Justice, a main product of the 8th World Water Forum. The Declaration is the result of many months of discussion and cooperation among Supreme Court Justices and senior judges from over 50 countries. Although it is not a negotiated document, it has already been cited by several Supreme Courts in major water cases. It addresses key issues of water law and justice, particularly in light of the pollut ..read more