Landmark Decisions on Transboundary Liability and Shared National Resources

摘要

The UN International Law Commission's most recent session has produced at least two results of indubitable importance in the field of environmental law: a set of guidelines on "transboundary harm from hazardous activities and allocation of loss in thecase of such harm"; and a first draft of articles on the law of transboundary aquifers, viewed in terms of the responsibility of states, and considered as "shared natural resources".