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Towards a rights-based approach in EU international river basin governance? Lessons from the Scheldt and Ems Basins

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  • Herman Kasper Gilissen
  • Cathy Suykens
  • Maarten Kleinhans
  • Marleen van Rijswick
  • Karianne van der Werf

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This article finds that the introduction of a rights-based approach in EU transboundary river basin management to remedy observed systemic difficulties and to better achieve legal water quality standards could be a next step in achieving integrated river basin management. However, its effectiveness largely depends on the willingness of member states to share river basin districts to subordinate their separate socio-economic interests to ecological needs, as well as to grant a clear mandate and partly transfer responsibilities and powers to a competent supranational authority.

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  • Herman Kasper Gilissen & Cathy Suykens & Maarten Kleinhans & Marleen van Rijswick & Karianne van der Werf, 2019. "Towards a rights-based approach in EU international river basin governance? Lessons from the Scheldt and Ems Basins," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(6-7), pages 701-718, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:44:y:2019:i:6-7:p:701-718
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2019.1649629
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