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Specializing in the field of international law, I research rules and institutions that relate to fresh water. Water can be a source of conflict between States as well as among people, and this tendency is becoming stronger. In my opinion, international law could serve as a tool to prevent, mitigate and solve such conflicts. For example, States have recently affirmed the existence of the human right to safe drinking water and their respective international legal duties to take steps to provide water for all (according to the United Nations, at present 844 million people lack access to the basic level of water service in the world). An increasing number of treaties on internationally shared watercourses, a widening scope of environmental conventions such as for the protection of wetlands, and the expanding field of international economic law that regulate foreign investment to water infrastructures or trade in water are other examples of the development of international law relating to water. Looking at them from the perspective of water, are they harmonized and effective in solving water-related problems world-wide? Or do we see overlaps and gaps? Furthermore, these questions also lead to a theoretical inquiry on the institutionalization of international legal order.
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International law, New fields of law (Key Word：international law. international water law, international human rights law, global governance and law)
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2023/08/04 |
Bringing Water before Gold: Pathways for Future-proofing Investment Law (IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium 2023)
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2022/09/09 |
Is International Law Water-Wise? ('The Natural' in International Law)
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2022/09/01 |
In/ex-clusiveness of Human Rights Claims in Investment Arbitration (The European Society of International Law (EJIL) Interest Group Workshop)
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2020/11/14 |
Rules on Goal-based Governance: Governing the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (18th Asia Pacific Conference)
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2018/09/19 |
Normative Interactions between SDG 6 and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation (World Water Congress)
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2015/10/08 |
In Quest of Legitimate Global Water Governance: Examining the World Bank and Investment Arbitration through the Lens of Global Administrative Law (The First International Conference on Redrafting Water Governance)
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