International Watercourses Law in the Nile River Basin - Three States at a Crossroads Author Woldetsadik T.K. Date 2013 Source IUCN (ID: MON-087422) Publisher | Place of publication Routledge | Abingdon, UK ISBN 978-0-415-65767-9 Pages 301 p. Document type Monography/book Language English Country/Territory Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia Subject Water Keyword Transboundary effects International relations/cooperation Freshwater resources management Basin/catchment/watershed Basin Nile Abstract In this book the author examines the multifaceted legal regulation of the Nile. He re-constructs the legal and historical origin and functioning of the British Nile policies in Ethiopia by examining the composition of the Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1902, and analyses its ramifications on contemporary riparian discourse involving Ethiopia and Sudan. The book also reflects on two fairly established legal idioms - the natural and historical rights expressions – which constitute central pillars of the claims of downstream rights in the Nile basin; the origin, essence and legal authority of the notions has been assessed on the basis of the normative dictates of contemporary international watercourses law. Likewise, the book examines the non-treaty based claims of rights of the basin states to the Nile waters, setting out what the equitable uses principle entails as a means of reconciling competing riparian interests, and most importantly, how its functioning affects contemporary legal settings. Website www.routledge.com