Edited by Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Professor of Law, University of Geneva, Makane Moïse Mbengue, Associate Professor of Law, University of Geneva, Mara Tignino, Senior Researcher and Coordinator of the Platform for International Water Law, University of Geneva, Komlan Sangbana, Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Geneva, and Assistant Editor Jason Rudall, Researcher, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva

Laurence Boisson de Chazournes is Professor of International Law at the University of Geneva. She is an adviser to various international organizations and governments, and has held international assignments as counsel, expert and arbitrator before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and other judicial fora.

Makane Moïse Mbengue is Associate Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva. Mbengue is also an Affiliated Professor at Sciences Po Paris (School of Law), an adviser to several international organizations, and acts as counsel in disputes before international courts and tribunals.

Mara Tignino, Reader at the Faculty of Law and the Institute for Environmental Sciences at the University of Geneva. She is the Coordinator of the Platform for International Water Law at the Geneva Water Hub. She obtained a PhD in international law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva) and was a Visiting Scholar at the George Washington University School of Law. She has published widely on issues related to international water law, such as the human right to water, the protection of water resources in times of armed conflict and the settlement of water disputes. She has served as an expert on international water law for various international organisations (UNITAR, the Inter-American Development Bank snd OSCE) and non-governmental organisations (WWF, Green Cross International). She was also a Legal Adviser in the International Court of Justice's case Pulp Mills on the Uruguay River.

Komlan Sangbana is a Consultant with the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes. He is a member of the Platform for International Water Law. He obtained a PhD in international law from the Faculty of Law of University of Geneva. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Faculty of Law of the University of Edinburg. His research interests include the study of the rights and obligations on non-State actors in freshwater management, the protection of the environment and the functions and mandate of river basin organisations.

Jason Rudall is a Researcher at the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva and Programme Manager of the LL.M. in International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. He also holds a PhD in International Law from the Graduate Institute, Geneva.

Maurizio Arcari, Professor, Faculty of Law, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca.
Danae Azaria, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Laws, University College London.
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva and Associate Member of the Institut de droit international.
Lucius Caflisch, Emeritus Professor, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, former Judge, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg (1998-2006), former Member, International Law Commission of the United Nations (2006-2016), and Titular Member of the Institut de droit international.
Lilian del Castillo-Laborde, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Buenos Aire, member of the National Academy of Sciences of Buenos Aires, and member of the Academy of Environmental Sciences.
Stéphane Doumbe-Billé, Professor, Faculty of Law, University Jean Moulin Lyon III.
Gian Maria Farnelli, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Bologna.
Roberta Greco, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, LUMSA University and Associate Lawyer, Studio Legale Internazionale Saccucci and Partners, Rome.
Taylor W. Henshaw, Consultant, World Bank Group's Water Global Practice.
Johan G. Lammers, Former Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands and Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam.
Christina Leb, Senior Water Resources Management Specialist, World Bank and Associate Researcher, Platform for International Water Law, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva.
Bjørn-Oliver Magsig, Lecturer, School of Law, University College Cork.
Makane M. Mbengue, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva and Associate Researcher, Platform for International Water Law.
Stephen McCaffrey, Carol Emory Professor of Law, University of the Pacific, former Member and Chair of the International Law Commission of the United Nations (ILC) (1982-1991), and former ILC Special Rapporteur on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses (1985-1991).
Brian McGarry, Lecturer, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, University of Geneva.
Owen McIntyre, Professor, School of Law, University College Cork.
Ruby Moynihan, Lecturer, School of Law, University College Cork.
Laura Movilla Pateiro, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Vigo.
Françoise Paccaud, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University Jean Moulin Lyon III.
Richard K. Paisley, Director, Global International Waters Initiative, University of British Columbia.
Alistair Rieu-Clarke, Professor, Faculty of Law, Northumbria University and Legal Advisor, Secretariat of the 1992 UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.
Jason Rudall, Researcher, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva.
Salman M.A. Salman, Fellow, International Water Resources Association (IWRA).
Komlan Sangbana, Research Fellow, Platform for International Water Law, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva and Consultant, Secretariat of the 1992 UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.
Francesco Sindico, Reader in International Environmental Law, University of Strathclyde Law School and Co-Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance.
Attila Tanzi, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Bologna. Chairman of the Implementation Committee of the 1992 UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.
Mara Tignino, Reader, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva. Coordinator, Platform for International Water Law/Geneva Water Hub.
Dinara Ziganshina, Deputy Director, Scientific Information Center of Interstate Commission for Water Coordination in Central Asia.

"An indispensable work for those working with international water law." - Jus Gentium

"The Commentary to the UN Watercourses Convention is without doubt a major achievement. It deals in a competent and scholarly manner with a complex Convention, which is not free from controversies. All chapters are informative and, at the same time, analytical." - Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Modern Law Review