The 1992 UN Water Convention Within an African Context: A Symbiotic Relationship?

Alistair Rieu-Clarke

doi:10.1080/02508060.2026.2638709

The 1992 UN Water Convention Within an African Context: A Symbiotic Relationship?

Alistair Rieu-Clarke^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Northumbria Law School

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Original language	English
Journal	Water International
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2026.2638709
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 25 Feb 2026

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

Africa
transboundary waters
1992 Convention on the Protection of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (UN Water Convention)
1997 Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses (UN Watercourses Convention)
international water law

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