Sharing Of Transboundary Resources

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a so-called “precautionary approach”.
The second principle is that States are required to cooperate with each other in mitigating transboundary environmental risks. This principle goes back to the Lac Lanoux Arbitration of 1954 between France and Spain where the Tribunal held that France had complied with its obligations under a treaty and customary law to consult and negotiate in good faith before diverting a watercourse shared with Spain.
Two further principles are important to note—namely the “polluter pays” principle and the principle of equal access and non-discrimination in the treatment of domestic and transboundary effects of polluting activities. They are part of the increasingly significant developments in environmental law. All these principles apply to the conduct of nuclear activities and are, in one form or another, reflected in nuclear safety-related conventions, such as the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of ...

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