The United Nations Convention on the Law of Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses, Customary International Law, and the Interests of Developing Upper Riparians From: Texas International Law Journal | Date: April 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright University of Texas, Austin, School of Law Publications, Inc. Spring 1998. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

AARON SCHWABACH^

I. INTRODUCTION

The past year has seen two major developments in public international law regarding the non-navigational uses of the waters of transboundary watercourses. In May, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Law of Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses.1 In August, the International Court of Justice issued its decision in the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros dispute.2 These two long-awaited events have made 1997 a watershed year for international watercourse law.

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