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- Flavia Rocha Loures is an environmental attorney from Brazil, with over 15 of professional experience. She has recent... moreFlavia Rocha Loures is an environmental attorney from Brazil, with over 15 of professional experience. She has recently joined Milaré Advogados - a renowned environmental consulting firm in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She is also
a PhD Candidate in international water law, at Xiamen University (China); and has an LL.M in environmental law, Summa Cum Laude, from VLS.
In her free time, Flavia writes, shares and disseminates poetry.edit
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In 2008, the International Law Commission adopted a set of 19 articles that aim to contribute to the codification and development of the law governing transboundary aquifers. In 2009, the UN General Assembly a) took note of the draft... more
In 2008, the International Law Commission adopted a set of 19 articles that aim to contribute to the codification and development of the law governing transboundary aquifers. In 2009, the UN General Assembly a) took note of the draft articles; b) commended them to the attention of governments without prejudice to the question of their future adoption or other appropriate action; c) encouraged the states concerned to make appropriate bilateral or regional management arrangements, taking into account the draft articles; and d) decided provisionally to examine the question of the form that might be given to those articles at its 66 th Session. The ILC Draft Articles offer an important and valuable basis for the progressive development of international groundwater law, including through the negotiation of future agreements applying and adjusting draft articles’ provisions to specific regions or transboundary aquifers. In this sense, both the ILC Draft Articles and the above UNGA resolut...
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Reflexões sobre o direito e as relações internacionais, meio ambiente, desenvolvimento e saúde; as lições durante a pandemia; e o mundo pós-crise.
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This article investigates the extent, however limited, to which China’s existing transboundary waters regimes appear to reflect a community of interests. This analysis aims to underpin suggestions for the potential direction in the... more
This article investigates the extent, however limited, to which China’s existing transboundary waters regimes appear to reflect a community of interests. This analysis aims to underpin suggestions for the potential direction in the evolution of China’s legal practice towards more effective and mutually beneficial transboundary water management in an increasingly interconnected world. Please cite as: F. Rocha Loures, The Dragon as Part of Transboundary Basin ‘Villages’: Community of Interests and International Law in China, 24 Journal of Water Law 220-38
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A new global legal instrument is being prepared to provide a framework for managing aquifers shared by two or more countries. This is at a time when the existing UN Convention on transboundary river basins has still not been ratified by... more
A new global legal instrument is being prepared to provide a framework for managing aquifers shared by two or more countries. This is at a time when the existing UN Convention on transboundary river basins has still not been ratified by enough countries to bring it into force. Here, ...