Legal Rights of International Water Resources: A Case of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
This paper aims to examine Iraq’s rights, being the downstream country, towards the use of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and the extent to which international water resources are protected under international law. Being the downstream country, projects constructed on the banks of Tigris and Euphrates...
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| description | This paper aims to examine Iraq’s rights, being the downstream country, towards the use of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and the extent to which international water resources are protected under international law. Being the downstream country, projects constructed on the banks of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers had significantly impacted Iraq as less water flows into the country. The discussion in this paper outlines principles of the existing international conventions and protocols in this area by adopting a doctrinal legal research approach which has great significance to understand the relevant substantive law through the analysis of legal rules, court judgments, and statutes. The paper concludes that historically, Iraq had an acquired right, a right confirmed by the international rules and principles, to share the usage of water from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers with the upstream countries comprising of Turkey, Syria, and Iran. This paper suggests that all riparian countries of the Tigris and the Euphrates should abide by the rules of international law and recognize Iraq’s historical water ratios of these rivers based on the principle of the acquired right under international law |
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| spelling | uum-311642024-07-29T09:12:28Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31164/ Legal Rights of International Water Resources: A Case of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Hussein, Omar Ahmed Mohamed, Khadijah K Law (General) This paper aims to examine Iraq’s rights, being the downstream country, towards the use of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and the extent to which international water resources are protected under international law. Being the downstream country, projects constructed on the banks of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers had significantly impacted Iraq as less water flows into the country. The discussion in this paper outlines principles of the existing international conventions and protocols in this area by adopting a doctrinal legal research approach which has great significance to understand the relevant substantive law through the analysis of legal rules, court judgments, and statutes. The paper concludes that historically, Iraq had an acquired right, a right confirmed by the international rules and principles, to share the usage of water from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers with the upstream countries comprising of Turkey, Syria, and Iran. This paper suggests that all riparian countries of the Tigris and the Euphrates should abide by the rules of international law and recognize Iraq’s historical water ratios of these rivers based on the principle of the acquired right under international law Global Academic Excellence 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31164/1/IJLGC%2006%2022%202021%20130-137.pdf Hussein, Omar Ahmed and Mohamed, Khadijah (2021) Legal Rights of International Water Resources: A Case of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. International Journal of Law, Government and Communication, 6 (22). pp. 130-137. ISSN 0128-1763 https://portal4.uum.edu.my/Publication/PdfReader.aspx?id_doc=J757282021030811:21:20 10.35631/IJLGC.6220012 10.35631/IJLGC.6220012 10.35631/IJLGC.6220012 |
| spellingShingle | K Law (General) Hussein, Omar Ahmed Mohamed, Khadijah Legal Rights of International Water Resources: A Case of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| title | Legal Rights of International Water Resources: A Case of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| title_full | Legal Rights of International Water Resources: A Case of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| title_fullStr | Legal Rights of International Water Resources: A Case of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Legal Rights of International Water Resources: A Case of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| title_short | Legal Rights of International Water Resources: A Case of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| title_sort | legal rights of international water resources a case of tigris and euphrates rivers |
| topic | K Law (General) |
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