Tignino, Mara --- "Water in international humanitarian law" [2019] ELECD 74; in McCaffrey, C. Stephen; Leb, Christina; Denoon, T. Riley (eds), "Research Handbook on International Water Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 224

Book Title: Research Handbook on International Water Law

Editor(s): McCaffrey, C. Stephen; Leb, Christina; Denoon, T. Riley

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781785368073

Section: Chapter 13

Section Title: Water in international humanitarian law

Author(s): Tignino, Mara

Number of pages: 17

Abstract/Description:

Access to and protection of water resources and installations may significantly be affected by armed conflicts. The aim of this chapter is to examine how international humanitarian law relates to the protection of water resources and infrastructure during armed conflicts. After having analysed how the 1977 First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts and the 1977 Second Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions relating to the protection of victims of non-international armed conflicts ensure the protection of drinking water supplies, dams and dykes, the chapter focuses on the protection of the environment from the effects of war more broadly. The chapter concludes by presenting the problems of implementation of international humanitarian law – and specifically the protection of water resources during armed conflicts – in the adjudication of the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice.