Principle of Integration in International Watercourse Cooperation Regimes

Pol Pallàs Secall, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of International Public Law and International Relations at the University of Barcelona. His research focuses on emerging legal and institutional topics in Sustainable Development and International Watercourses Law.

• Series Editor’s PrefaceAcknowledgementsAcronymsGeneral Introduction1 The Challenge of Integration to Achieve Sustainable Development in International Law2 Integration in the Context of the Cooperation on International Watercourses: Object, Scope and Structure of the Book3 Case StudiesPart 1: The Principle of Integration of the Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions and the Sustainable Governance of International WatercoursesIntroduction1 The Integration of the Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Development as a Norm1 The Emergence of a Notion of Integration of the Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Development2 The Legal Nature of the Principle of Integration3 The Normative Content of the Principle of Integration2 The Principle of Integration and International Watercourse Cooperation Frameworks1 International Watercourses and Sustainable Development: Issues of Mutual Concern2 Drivers of the Application of the Principle of Integration in International Watercourse Law3 The Principle of Cooperation and Its Institutionalisation3 The Principle of Integration and the Substantive Obligations of International Watercourses Law1 The Substantive Obligations2 Internal Integration of Substantive Obligations as the Basis for Legal Integration4 The Principle of Integration in the Framework of the Procedural Obligations Set by International Watercourse Law1 The Procedural Obligations2 External Integration of Substantive Obligations and Procedural Rules as the Basis for Institutional IntegrationPart 2: Mechanisms for the Legal Integration of the Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions in International Watercourse RegimesIntroduction5 The Inclusion of a Mandate of Legal Integration in International Basin Agreements1 Indirect Inclusion of the Principle of Integration through Sustainable Development as a Goal of International Basin Agreements2 Direct Inclusion of the Principle of Integration in International Basin Agreements6 Legal Integration through Normative Integration Techniques: Inter-Disciplinary Integration1 Treaty References to Specific Norms Regulating a Dimension of Sustainable Development: Inter-Treaty References2 General Treaty References to Regimes Regulating a Dimension of Sustainable Development: Inter-Regime References3 Other Integrative Inter-Disciplinary Techniques7 Legal Integration through Norms that Promote the Consideration of Economic, Social and Environmental Values in the Application of International Basin Agreements1 The Inclusion of the Different Values of Sustainable Development in International Basin Agreements: Intra-Treaty Integration2 Integrative Principles Guiding the Implementation of International Basin Agreements3 The Use in International Basin Agreements of Integrative Approaches Developed by Soft Law Instruments8 Legal Integration through Mechanisms for the Resolution of International Watercourse Disputes1 Integration through Teleological Interpretation of Treaties2 Integration through Interpretation of Evolutionary Terms3 Integration through the Interpretation of Open-Textured ObligationsPart 3: Mechanisms of Institutional Integration of the Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions in International Watercourses RegimesIntroduction9 Institutional Conditions for an Integrated Decision-Making Process1 Conditions for International River Basin Organisations to Promote Integration: Mandate and Capacity2 Mechanisms for an Informed Decision-Making Process that Enable Institutional Integration3 Mechanisms for a Participatory Decision-Making Process that Enable Institutional Integration10 Institutional Integration in the Elaboration of an International Basin Policy: Policy-Specific Integration1 Methods for Informed Decision-Making Processes Regarding Public Policies2 Involvement of Stakeholders in Policy Development3 Integrated Policy Approaches11 Institutional Integration in the Management of International River Basins: Management-Specific Integration1 Methods for Informed Management of International Watercourses2 Involvement of Stakeholders for Integrated Management of International Watercourses3 Integrated Management Approaches12 Institutional Integration in the Planning of Projects Affecting International Watercourses: Project-Specific Integration1 Methods for Informed Decision-Making at Project Level2 Involvement of Stakeholder in Project Planning and Implementation13 Final Conclusions1 The Emergence, Content and Nature of the Principle of Integration2 Recognition of the Principle of Integration in the Context of International Watercourse Law3 The Legal Integration of the Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions in the Context of International Watercourse Law4 The Institutional Integration of the Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions in the Context of International Watercourse Law5 The Contribution of the Principle of Integration to International Environmental Law within the Context of International 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