International Conference on Water Sharing in the SAARC Region: Legal Issues and Challenges by NALSAR

The M K Nambyar SAARC Law Centre, NALSAR University, Hyderabad is organizing two day International Conference on ‘Water Sharing in the SAARC Region: Legal Issues and Challenges’ from March 25-26, 2017 at NALSAR University campus. The proposed Conference aims at debating the wide range of issues relating to regional water resources such as the profiles of South Asian water bodies, sources of water-sharing disputes, legal conventions/instruments , if any, of water management, major issues and disputes, water as a source of regional energy security, sustainable and ecological dimensions of water resources. It is intended to bring together leading academicians, students, specialists, policy analysts, and think tanks from India and abroad, SAARC states in particular.

Themes of the Conference:

Proposed Conference has identified the following broad themes for debate:
1. Regional Water Resources: Profile & Potentiality
2. International Legal Conventions on Water Sharing
3. Regional River Water Sharing: Issues and Disputes
4. Prospects for Regional Water Sharing: Regulation & Convention
5. Hydel Power as a source of Regional Energy Security
6. Sustainable & Ecological Dimensions of Water Resources

 Schedule:

• Submission of Abstract-February 10, 2017


• Selection of Abstracts and confirmation to participants- February 15, 2017


• Last date for submission of Registration Form and fee-February 23, 2017


• Submission of full paper for publication-April 15, 2017

Contact:

For  further details contact:
Ms. Jyoti, Research Associate,
M K Nambyar SAARC Law Centre,
NALSAR University of Law'Justice City',
Shameerpet, Medchal
District 500 101
Ph: 040 23498445
Mobile: 8978659967
Email: wssr@nalsar.ac.in

Read the official brochure here