ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a summary of global water institutions followed by a thorough analysis of several key global institutions that are relevant to the governance of transboundary water resources. The codification of water rules started with the development of treaties over transboundary rivers, underground aquifers and lakes. Most states have ratified either a human rights convention or signed on to a political declaration which identifies the human right to water and sanitation. The International Law Association ‘s scholars wrote the non-binding Berlin Rules on Water Resources in 2004, which include principles of customary international law concerning the management of freshwater resources. The Convention was eventually converted into a global legal framework for enhancing transboundary water cooperation after the modification was adopted on February 06, 2013. The key objective of the Convention is to ‘safeguard the conservation, protection, management, development, and utilisation of transboundary water resources as well as promote the sustainable and optimal utilisation of shared water resources.’
