tailieunhanh - Water security and international law

This review is divided in three main sections. The first section examines the understanding of water security in the broader context in which the concept has emerged and has been used. The second section addresses the relationship between water security and international law, and the former’s multi-scalar dimensions. The third section considers the contributions of the literature relating to international water law and other branches of international law to framing and developing the concept of water security. | This is the version of the article accepted for publication in Annual Review of Law and Social Science 17 https annurev-lawsocsci-010421-014915 Re-use is subject to the publisher s terms and conditions Accepted version downloaded from SOAS Research Online http 35175 WATER SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL LAW Philippe Cullet1 Lovleen Bhullar2 amp Sujith Koonan3 Forthcoming in 17 Annual Review of Law and Social Science 2021 INTRODUCTION Water security has emerged as a significant concern at the international level over the past couple of decades. This is related to the broadening of the securitization discourse in the wake of the Cold War Gleick 1993 81 . A progressive understanding that military security cannot be ensured without taking into account a broader array of factors led to the development of environmental security and human security Brunnée amp Toope 1997 . Over time other concerns such as water security food security energy security and climate security were added to this list Grobicki 2016 . In other words while security as such remains a buzzword in academic and policy circles it is now associated with a diverse range of issues under the heading human security that are not directly linked to the orthodox securitization discourse. There is an intimate link between international law and water security. Water insecurity is for instance regarded as a concern for international peace and security. Thus international water law in particular the 1997 Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses hereafter 1997 UN Watercourses Convention which constitutes the most important legal instrument in the field is concerned in large part with fostering cooperation and avoiding conflicts. Both these aspects are at the heart of the water security discourse. Other instruments such as the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes hereafter 1992 Helsinki .