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International Law, State Sovereignty And Transboundary Waters, Aguinaldo Alemar
International Law, State Sovereignty And Transboundary Waters, Aguinaldo Alemar
Aguinaldo Alemar
The current status of transboundary water resources is to claim a more proactive posture by the sovereign states, mainly those having large reserves of fresh water shared. This new posture involves actions between the states as a key condition to the success of any enterprise that aims to protect the environment. It intends to prove that other actors - national and international - are already mobilizing themselves to consider water as a "common heritage of mankind" and, as such, water must be considered above the classical concepts of sovereignty and territory, excelling by the humanitarian interest that it arouses. At …