Realization of public participation principle in water resources management based on domestic and international water Law
Subject Areas :
environmental low
Mansour Mohammadi Dinani
1
,
Yousef Molaei
2
,
Mohammad Ebrahim Banihabib
3
1 - Ph.D. Student, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant professor, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding Author).
3 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Abureihan, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
Received: 2022-07-25
Accepted : 2022-11-16
Published : 2022-09-23
Keywords:
Water Governance,
Public Participation,
Sustainable development,
Energy and water law,
Abstract :
Background and aim: Rules and regulations have tremendous effects on both effective water - energy management and dealing with main water-related challenges such as climate change, water shortage, carbon emission and water pollution.Methods: In the study base on descriptive method, Iran water legal framework on water resource management is evaluated according to public participation principle.Results: The results show that Access to information as one of the pillars of the principle faces serious challenges. Lack of communication ways, inaccurate water quality and quantity statistics, several institutions responsible for issuing water permits in each catchment are challenges of Access to information. Participation in decision-making for both governmental and non-governmental organizations couldn’t satisfy mainly due to conflict of interests, restrictions on water and water rights exchange.Conclusion: Groundwater affairs commission as a quasi-judicial body for water disputes resolution couldn’t realize access to justice in water sector due to lack of legal obligation to release data, restricted competence and structural problems.
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UNESCO, UN-Water, 2020, United Nations world water development Report 2020. Water and climate change, Paris.
Iran Water Resource Management Company, 2019, Annual report on the performance and actions of the ground water restoration and balancing plan: In compliance with the instructions issued by the Ministry of Energy. Bureau of Protection of Groundwater Resources (in Persian).
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Jamali, S., G madanian and z. Gharibi 2019, The role of participation principle in water governance: A case study of international rules and Iran domestic Law. International water Law, Vol.3, water law challenges, Dadgostar publication, 15-47 (in Persian).
Solanes Miguel and Fernando Gonzalez-Villarreal, 1999, The Dublin Principles for Water as Reflected in a Comparative Assessment of Institutional and Legal Arrangements for Integrated Water Resources Management. Global Water Partnership Technical Advisory Committee.
UNITED NATIONS, 1992, Report of the United Nations conference on environment and development. A/CON.15/26 VOL.1.
Sharafi, M and N Bargpour, 2010, Typology of citizen participation techniques in urban planning based on different levels of participation. Letter of architecture and urban planning77-101(in Persian).
Gholami, H. 2012, The principle of last and least resort. Quarterly Journal of Criminal Law, Vol.1, No.2: 41-65(in Persian).
Alaba, B. 2021 Impacts of climatic change and database information design on the water-energy-food nexus in water-scarce regions. Water-energy nexus 4: 54-68.
Zareai, M. 2020, The water-energy-food nexus: A holistic approach for resource security in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey. Water-energy nexus 3: 81-94.
Spang, Edward. A J. Holguin and F. Loge, 2018, The estimated impact of California’s urban water conservation mandate on electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Environ, Res. Lett, 1-11.
Ghorbanian kordabadi, M, A liaghat and M. Malmir, 2020, Investigating the causes of failure of participatory water resources management policies in Iran. Quarterly Journal of Public Policy, Vol.6, No.3:169-190 (in Persian).
National Irrigation and Drainage Committee, 2017, Explaining the obstacles of developing cooperative irrigation management in Iran. Group of Collaborative Management of Irrigation Networks (in Persian).
Charalambous, Anderiana, 2011, Groundwater and the law. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 44(2), 147–158.
Christine A. Klein, 2012, Water Bankruptcy. Minn. L. Rev. 560 available at http://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/facultypub/355
Cullet philippe, 2010, water sector reforms and courts in India: lessens from the evolving case law. Review of European community & international environmental law, 328-338.
Ramezani ghavam abadi, M. H. 2010, Examining the content of participation principle in international environmental law. Journal of Law and politic research, 87-114 (in Persian).
Dellapena Joseph W. 2016 The Berlin Rules on Water Resources: The New Paradigm for International Water Law. Villanova University School of Law.
Meier, B. M. Gorge Lyn Kayser, 2014, Translating the human Right to Water and Sanitation into Public Policy Reform. Sci Eng Ethics.
Tignino, M. 2015, Public participation in water resources management. Faculty of law, University of Geneva, 1-9.
Jafari Nadoushan, A. and O. Shirzad 2019, The structure and competence of the quasi-judicial authorities of Iran's water Law. Quarterly Journal of Administrative Law, Vol.6. No.18:33-54 (in Persian).
Vizheh, M and M. Miri 2017, Water proceedings in the Groundwater Affairs Commission: challenges and solutions. Journal of Energy law studies , Vol.3, No.1:149-168 (in Persian)
Mohammadi Dinani, M, U. Molaei and M. E. Banihabib 2018, Reasonable Use principle in international water Law and its procedure in Iran. Quarterly Journal of public Law studies, Vol.48, No.3: 569-581 (In Persian).
