The principle of no significant harm in the Central Asian context
| Autor: | Barbara Janusz-Pawletta, Dinara Ziganshina |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Economics and Econometrics
education.field_of_study 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences business.industry Population Context (language use) Harm principle International trade 010501 environmental sciences Structural basin 01 natural sciences Due diligence Harm Political science Political Science and International Relations Obligation education business China Law 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics. 20:713-730 |
| ISSN: | 1573-1553 1567-9764 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10784-020-09509-0 |
| Popis: | This paper focuses on the no significant harm principle as applied to shared waters in Central Asia (CA): the Aral Sea basin shared by Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan; the Irtysh basin shared by China, Kazakhstan and Russia; and the Chu-Talas basin shared by Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. These transboundary basins are under increased pressure from growing population and economies, unsustainable development and the impact of climate change, making it essential to cooperate and enhance legal regulation. The paper seeks to contribute to a better understating of the nature of legal principles applied to transboundary waters in CA by analyzing whether and how transboundary harm is addressed in relevant treaties in the selected river basins. The paper finds that in most regional treaties the no-harm principle is phrased as a due diligence obligation, without defining a transboundary harm and specifying its threshold and potential activities that might cause it. In addition to improving the quality of regional agreements and enhancing procedural cooperation, the participation of countries in MEAs can offer a supportive legal framework to specify no-harm related obligations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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