Dr Patricia Wouters

Publications

Books

• Rivers of the World: Water Law, State Practice and Current Issues (Monograph; 500+ pp.) (work-in-progress).

• The United Nations Work on the Law relating to the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: Survey of Three Decades of Study (work-in-progress).

• Hydrology and Water Law – Bridging the Gap, Jim Wallace and Patricia Wouters (eds.), IWA Publishers, ISBN 1843390701 (December 2005).

• “Sharing Transboundary Waters – An Integrated Assessment of Equitable Entitlement: The Legal Assessment Model, IHP-VI,

• Documents in Hydrology No. 74, UNESCO Paris, 2005. (with S. Vinogradov, A. Allan, P. Jones, and A. Rieu-Clarke.) available at www.unesco.org/water/ihp.

• "Transforming Potential Conflict into Cooperation Potential: The Role of International Water Law" (with S. Vinogradov and P. Jones), (UNESCO PCCP 2003)

• Geneva Strategy and Framework for Monitoring Compliance with Agreements on Transboundary Waters: Elements of a Proposed Compliance Review Procedure, (Expert’s Report), UN Doc. MP. WAT/2000/5 and Add. 1, (12 pp.).

Book chapters

• The Changing Dimensions of International Water Law”, Lectures for Chinese Academy of International Law (Sept 2006, Xiamen) to be published by Kluwer Law / The Hague Academy of International Law (work-in-progress).

• Water Security: What Role for International Water Law, in Human and Environmental Security, an Agenda for Change, Earthscan, London, 2005.

• Trade Sanctions under Multilateral Environmental Protection Agreements, book chapter in Environmental Policy: From Regulation to Economic Instruments; M. Bothe and P. Sand (Editors); Hague Academy of International Law; (Kluwer Academic, 2003).

Articles

• “A New Generation of Local Water Leaders”, 18(3) Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law (2007) 513-522.

• “Are Shared Benefits of International Waters an Equitable Apportionment?”, 18(3) Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law (2007) 101-114 (co-authored with Prof. Dan Tarlock).

• “What Lessons from Europe? A Comparative Analysis of the Legal Frameworks that Govern Europe’s Transboundary Waters”, 36 The Environmental Law Reporter (2006) 10290-10309.

• “The New Development of Water Law in China”, 7 University of Denver Water Law Review, (2004) 243-308 (co-authored with D. Hu, J. Zhang, D.Tarlock, and P.Andrews-Speed.)

• Analysing the ECE Water Convention: What Lessons for the Regional Management of Transboundary Water Resources?, Yearbook of International Cooperation on Environment and Development, (2003/2004) 55-65 (co-authored with S. Vinogradov).

• Towards Integrated Catchment Management: Increasing the Dialogue between Scientists, Policy-makers and Stakeholders,20(3) Water Resources Development (2004) (15 pp.) (co-authored with , M. Falkenmark, L. Gottschalk, and J., Lundqvist).

• The Role of International Water Law in ensuring ‘Good Water Governance’: A call for renewed focus and action, 15 Water Law “2004) 89-95 (co-authored with A. Rieu-Clarke).

• What Role for Water Law in the Emerging “Good Governance” Debate?, 15 Water Law (2004) 85-89 (co-authored with A. Allan).

• What Role for Law in Achieving Transboundary Drainage Basin Security? – The Development and Testing of the Legal Assessment Model (LAM) for Transboundary Watercourse States, 49 Water Science & Technology (2004) 97-112.

• “Universal and Regional Approaches to Resolving International Disputes: What Lessons Learned from State Practice”, in International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, ed., Resolution of International Water Disputes (Kluwer Law International, The Hague 2003).

• “The Legal Response to Water Conflicts: The UN Watercourses Convention and Beyond”, 42 German Yearbook of International Law 293 (2000).

• The Relevance and Role of Water Law in the Sustainable Development Of Freshwater. Replacing “Hydro-Sovereignty” with “Hydro-Solidarity” and Horizontal Solutions, Stockholm International Water Institute (1999) 77-83; also reprinted with permission in INTERNATIONAL Water Resources Journal, June 2000.