AIDA World Water Law Congress 2026
Water Law and Governance in Times of Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss
24 - 26 June 2026 | University of Oslo, Norway
Conference Agenda
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Location: Auditorium 5 2nd floor Domus Academica building, Faculty of Law, Univesity of Oslo https://link.mazemap.com/fY0B1hsu Karl Johans gt. 47, 0162 Oslo |
| 11:20am - 12:50pm |
B1: Evolving Duties: Human Rights, Water and Sanitation, and State Obligations Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Laura Movilla Pateiro Extraterritorial human rights and access to water and sanitation The Human Right to Water and Private Water Supplies in Scotland Right and Access to Water and Sanitation: Extent of Recognition within West Africa Water Regimes The imperative of international human rights to ensure “vital human needs” in transboundary watercourses Climate Adaptation as a Human Water Right – Ensuring Equitable Water Access in a Warming World |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
B2: Institutions Shaping Transboundary Water Cooperation Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Robin Kundis Craig International Freshwater Treaty Capacity for Climate Adaptation Governance New Developments in the Swiss-French Cooperation on Transboundary Water Management in the Context of Climate Change Shared Waters, Shared Rules: Regional Approaches to Cooperative Management of Transboundary Basins in Latin America Regional Practices and Global Norms: A Conversation with International Legal Frameworks Public Participation in Transboundary Water Management: A Silent Stakeholder? |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
B3: Indigenous Rights, Cultural Perspectives & Legal Personhood of Waters Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Gabriela Cuadrado-Quesada Rights of Rivers – environmental protection and cultural reconciliation for a common future Indigeneity, Spirituality, the Rights of Rivers and an evolving Moral, Ethical and Legal basis for the Conservation and Protection of Rivers Who Speaks for the Rivers? Justice Through Civil Society, Science, and Courts Water Law and Governance from New Vision of Treatment of the Fundamental Rights and Green Transition Water Rights, Endangered Salmon, Dam Removals, and Constitutional Takings in the United States |
| 11:20am - 12:50pm |
B4: Justice-Driven Approaches to Water Governance: Equity, Rights, and Inclusion Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Heping Dang Advancing Equitable Water Governance through Global Dialogue – Towards Principles for Responsible Governance of Water Tenure Breathing Life into the Human Right to Water and Sanitation: South Africa’s Constitutional Mandate and Pragmatic Reform Tools Reconciling Hydrologic Change, Water Use, and Biodiversity Protection: Gendered Dimensions of Fisheries Governance in Malawi Climate Justice and Transboundary Freshwater Governance in C40 Cities: Legal Pathways for Equitable and Sustainable Water Futures Climate justice and the Right to Water: Need for Decolonising Water Governance for Equitable and Inclusive Access and Allocations |
| 2:50pm - 4:20pm |
B5: Safeguarding Biodiversity in Water Law: From Environmental Flows to Basin Governance Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Juliane Albrecht "Comparative study of environmental flows: different approaches for similar problems" Mangrove Conservation for Climate Adaptation and Resilience: A Critical Assessment of Legislative, Administrative, and Judicial Action in India Judicial Water Conflicts in Chile (2015-2025): Legal Trends and Governance Lessons for a Thirsty World Water Law and Governance in Times of Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss: Lessons from the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) |
| 4:40pm - 6:10pm |
B6: Responding to Water Scarcity: Law, Policy Instruments, and Governance Approaches Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Owen McIntyre Community Stewardship under State Ownership: Water Law and Governance in Rural Costa Rica Legal instruments for regulating water scarcity in Germany: Status quo and need for further development Mandatory Urban Landscape Water Conservation: Movements and Results Rethinking the Right to Water in Europe and Sustainable Consumption Managing Water Sustainably in the Era of Climate Change |
| 9:00am - 10:30am |
B7: Rethinking Human–Nature Relations: Rights of Nature, Legal Pluralism & Water Law Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Eléonore Maitre-Ekern Rivers Flowing to the Courts: Reimagining Justice Beyond the Human Like Water Through Stone: Reshaping Sovereignty through Communities in International Water Law Community-Based Water Governance and Legal Empowerment in the Sahel: A Case for Integrating Customary and Formal Water Law in Mali Flowing without voice and Justice: Dammed Soverignties and Forgotten Riparian in the Tigris and Euphrates river basin |