International Watercourses Law: Its Universal Approach Towards Harmonious Utilisation

International Watercourses Law: Its Universal Approach Towards Harmonious Utilisation Of Transboundary Watercourses

D. Santoshi Kumari, M.A, LL.M, PGDCL & IPR, NET, SET, Ph.D. Research Scholar, Osmania University

ABSTRACT

Managing transboundary watercourses raises significant challenges to the countries that share them as international watercourses began to be used other than navigational needs. This third characteristic justifies water's high worth and scarcity by making it the most desired and used resource in the world. International watercourses have historically been governed based on a variety of customary and theoretical ideas that vary by place. These principles include equitable usage, protection, and nonconflictual sharing. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses, as well as other international agreements, have codified these doctrines, philosophies, and concepts, and they currently make up the current regulations control the management of shared waterways. The administration of international watercourses is currently governed by doctrines, theoretical norms, and conventional standards. This article seeks to make a thorough examination of these concepts. The 1997 New York Framework Convention, which was ratified on May 21 and became effective in 2014, is used for this purpose.

Keywords: International watercourses law, principles, codification, riparian states, sustainable development