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Mr. Salman M.A. Salman

Mr. Salman M.A. Salman
Lead Counsel and Water Law Adviser Legal Vice Presidency
The World Bank

BiographyBiography in PDF
السيره Biography in Arabic in PDF

Lecture Series

Publications of Dr. Salman M.A. Salman
Books
Regulatory Frameworks for Water Resources Management: A Comparative Study, with Daniel Bradlow; Law, Justice, and Development Series, The World Bank, (2006).
Water Resources and International Law; with Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (co-editors and contributors), The Hague Academy of International Law and Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague, (2005).
The Human Right to Water: Legal and Policy Dimensions; with Siobhan McInerney Lankford; Law, Justice, and Development Series, The World Bank, (2004).
Conflict and Cooperation on South Asia’s International Rivers – A Legal Perspective, with Kishor Uprety; Kluwer Law International, International and National Water Law and Policy Series, (2002); also published by the World Bank under the Law, Justice, and Development Series (2003).
Regulatory Frameworks for Dam Safety: A Comparative Study, with Daniel Bradlow and Alessandro Palmieri; Law, Justice, and Development Series, the World Bank, (2002). Published also in Chinese (2003); Russian (2003); and French (2003).
Institutional Reform for Irrigation and Drainage, Proceedings of a World Bank Workshop, with Fernando Gonzalez (co-editors and contributors), World Bank Technical Paper No. 524, (2002).
Groundwater: Legal and Policy Perspectives, (editor and contributor), World Bank Technical Paper No. 456 (1999); published in Arabic (2003).
International Watercourses – Enhancing Cooperation and Managing Conflict with Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (co-editors and contributors), World Bank Technical Paper No. 414 (1998); published also in Arabic (1998); and French (1999), and in Russian by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) (1998).
The Legal Framework for Water Users’ Associations – A Comparative Study, World Bank Technical Paper No. 360 (1997), (second printing 1999, third printing 2002); published also in Arabic (1997) and Russian (1998).

Articles and Chapters in Books
The Niger River, in Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, (forthcoming, December, 2008).
Evolution, Codification and Current Status of International Water Law, United Nations Audiovisual Library, original both in English and Arabic, simultaneous interpretation in Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish
The Baglihar Difference and its Resolution Process – A Triumph for the Indus Waters Treaty? 10 Water Policy, 105 (2008).
The Helsinki Rules, the UN Watercourses Convention and the Berlin Rules: Perspectives on International Water Law, 23 International Journal of Water Resources Development, 625 (2007).
The United Nations Watercourses Convention Ten Years Later – Why Has its Entry into Force Proven Difficult? 32 Water International, 1 (2007).
Oceans and Freshwater Resources, with David Freestone, Chapter 15, The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law, (Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brunnee and Ellen Hey, editors), Oxford University Press, at 337 (2007).
The Indus Waters Treaty, the Baglihar Difference and ICSID Administration of the Proceedings, (with Eloise Obadia), Volume 23, No 2, News from ICSID (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes), at 1 (2006).
International Water Disputes – A New Breed of Claims, Claimants and Settlement Institutions, 31 Water International 1, (2006).
Reports on International Organizations and Bodies – The World Bank, with Charles Di Leva and Others, Volume 17, Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Oxford University Press, 784 (2006).
The World Bank’s New Policy on Indigenous Peoples, Volume 2, The World Bank Legal Review, 525 (2006).
Evolution and Context of International Water Resources Law, in Water Resources and International Law; Chapter 2, (S. Salman and Boisson de Chazournes (co-eds.) The Hague Academy of International Law and Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 45 (2005)
United Nations General Assembly Resolution: International Decade for Action, Water for Life, 2005-2015, 30 Water International 415 (2005).
Reports on International Organizations and Bodies – The World Bank, with Charles Di Leva and Others, Volume 16, Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Oxford University Press, 810 (2005).
Shared Watercourses in the Southern African Development Community: Challenges and Opportunities, 6 Water Policy, 25 (2004).
Reports on International Organizations and Bodies – The World Bank, with Charles Di Leva and Others, Volume 15, Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Oxford University Press,677 (2004).
From Marrakech Through The Hague to Kyoto – Has the Global Debate on Water Reached a Dead End? Part Two, 29 Water International, 11 (2004).
From Marrakech Through The Hague to Kyoto – Has the Global Debate on Water Reached a Dead End? Part One, 28 Water International, 491 (2003).
Good Offices and Mediation and International Water Disputes, in Resolution of International Water Disputes, The Permanent Court of Arbitration/Peace Palace Papers, edited by the International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 155 (2003).
Reports on International Organizations and Bodies – The World Bank, with David Freestone and Others, Volume 14, Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Oxford University Press,774 (2003).
Water Resources and International Law, The Hague Academy of International Law, Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations, 2001 Session, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague, 63 (2002).
The Abuja Ministerial Declaration on Water – A Milestone or Just Another Statement? 27 Water International, 442 (2002).
Regulatory Framework for Participatory Irrigation Management: An Overview; in Slavko Bogdanovic, (ed.) Legal Aspects of Sustainable Water Resources Management, (YuAWL and IWLRI) 343 (2002); also published in Institutional Reform for Irrigation and Drainage (Gonzalez and Salman, eds.) 59 (2002).
Reports on International Organizations and Bodies – The World Bank, with David Freestone and Others, Volume 13, Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Oxford University Press, 797 (2002).
Inter-states Water Disputes in India - An Analysis of the Settlement Process, 4 Water Policy, 223 (2002).
International Groundwater Law and the World Bank Policy for Projects on Transboundary Groundwater, with Raj Krishna;in Aaron Wolf, (ed.) Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Water Systems, (Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK) 360 (2002); also published in “Groundwater: Legal and Policy Perspectives (S. Salman, ed.) 163 (1999).
Institutional Reform for Irrigation and Drainage, (with Fernando Gonzalez), Introduction, in, Institutional Reform for Irrigation and Drainage (Gonzalez and Salman, eds.) 1 (2002).
Reports on International Organizations and Bodies – The World Bank, with David Freestone and Others, Volume 12, Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Oxford University Press, 763 (2001).
Legal Regime for Use and Protection of International Watercourses in the Southern African Region: Evolution and Context, 41 Natural Resources Journal, 981 (2001).
Dams, International Rivers and Riparian States: An Analysis of the Recommendations of the World Commission on Dams, 16 American University International Law Review, 1477 (2001).
The Legal Response to the World’s Water Crisis: What Legacy From The Hague? What Future in Kyoto, (with Patricia Wouters and Patricia Jones) 4 University of Denver Water Law Review, 418 (2001).
Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Introductory Note, 40 International Legal Materials, 317 (2001).
Sharing Rivers for Peace, Development and Security: An Analysis of the Recommendations of the World Commission on Dams, 26 Water International, 283 (2001).
Reports on International Organizations and Bodies – The World Bank, with David Freestone and Others, Volume 11, Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Oxford University Press, 755 (2000).
International Rivers as Boundaries – The Dispute over Kasikili/Sedudu Island and the Decision of the International Court of Justice, 25 Water International, 580 (2000).
Hydro-Politics in South Asia: A Comparative Analysis of the Mahakali and the Ganges Treaties, (with Kishor Uprety), 39 Natural Resources Journal, 295 (1999).
Sharing the Ganges Waters Between India and Bangladesh – An Analysis of the 1996 Treaty, in International Watercourses (Salman and Boisson de Chazournes, eds.) 127 (1998).
International Watercourses – Enhancing Cooperation and Managing Conflict, Conclusion, in International Watercourses (Salman and Boisson de Chazournes, eds.) 167 (1998).
Co-Management of Resources: The Case of the Ganges River; American University, Center for the Global South, online Publications, (October 1998)
Lay Tribunals in the Sudan: An Historical and Socio-Legal Analysis, 21 Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 671 (1983).
Legal Profession in the Sudan: A Study of Legal and Professional Pluralism, in C. J. Dias et al (editors), Lawyers in the Third World: Comparative and Developmental Perspectives, 226, (Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, Uppsola,1981).

Short Articles
From “The_Nature_of_Law,” the Newsletter of the Environment and International Law Unit of the Legal Vice Presidency of the World Bank
The International Law Commission Adopts Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquiferts, Issue 7, September 2008.
The Right to be informed of the Vienna Convention Rights – An Update on the Provisional Measures Granted by the international Court of Justice, Issue7, September 2008.
The Right to be informed of the Vienna Convention Rights, Issue 6, April 2008 (with Sachiko Morita).
Adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Nature of Law, Issue 5, October 2007.
Neutral Expert Renders his Decision on the Baglihar Difference, The Nature of Law, Issue 4, April 2007.
River Uruguay Dispute before the ICJ (Orders on Provisional Measures), The Nature of Law, Issue 4, April 2007 (with Maurizio Ragazzi).
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Volume 1, Issue 3, October 2006 (with Maurizio Ragazzi).
The Fourth World Water Forum, Issue 2, July 2006.
River Uruguay Dispute Before the ICJ, Issue 2, July 2006 (with Maurizio Ragazzi).

Lectures and Presentations

Contributions to Reports and Books
“National Sovereignty and International Watercourses” (Green Cross International, Geneva, 2000)
India: Water Resources Management Sector Review: (Inter-Sectoral Water Allocation) and (The Irrigation Sector), (Allied Publishers, New Delhi, 1999).

Review of Dr. Salman’s Books
The Human Right to Water: Legal and Policy Dimensions, review by Knut Bourquain, 40 Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America, 383 (2007).
The Human Right to Water: Legal and Policy Dimensions, review by Gotz Reichert, 30 Heidleberg Journal of International Law, 812 (2005).
The Human Right to Water: Legal and Policy Dimensions, review by Galit A. Sarfaty, 30 Yale Journal of International Law, 338 (2005).
The Human Right to Water: Legal and Policy Dimensions, review by Kishor Uprety, 21 International Journal of Water Resources Development, 217 (2005).
The Human Right to Water: Legal and Policy Dimensions, review by Kristen McGeeney and Melanie Nakagawa, Volume V, Sustainable Development Law & Policy, 71 (2005).
Conflict and Cooperation on South Asia’s International Rivers, A Legal Perspective, review by Joyeeta Gupta, 13 Review of European Community & International Environmental Law, 235 (2004).
Conflict and Cooperation on South Asia’s International Rivers, A Legal Perspective, review by Patricia Birinie, 13 Yearbook of International Environmental Law 855 (2002).
Conflict and Cooperation on South Asia’s International Rivers, A Legal Perspective, review by Ch. Benarji, 43 Indian Journal of International Law, 389 (2003).
Conflict and Cooperation on South Asia’s Rivers, A Legal Perspective, review by Pravakar Adhikari, Spotlight, Nepal, June 27, 2003, at 30.
Groundwater – Legal and Policy Perspectives, review by Jennifer McKay, 27 Water International 301 (2002).
International Watercourses – Enhancing Cooperation and Managing Conflict, review by Hans Bandler, 21 The Environmentalist, 77 (2001)